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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 292 · 40 questions
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Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

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  1. 1.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  12. 12.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
  14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
  16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  19. 19.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  25. 25.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  40. 40.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once

Answer key

  1. serious and steady
  2. False
  3. volume
  4. True
  5. volume
  6. cheerful and lively
  7. False
  8. True
  9. True
  10. calm and gentle
  11. volume
  12. False
  13. rises at the end
  14. builds interest
  15. monotonous
  16. True
  17. True
  18. a pause
  19. pause silently
  20. pitch
  21. pitch
  22. True
  23. calm and gentle
  24. pitch
  25. stress it a little
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. serious and steady
  36. cheerful and lively
  37. True
  38. cheerful and lively
  39. pace
  40. pause for a moment

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