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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 293 · 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.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
  12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
  13. 13.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  15. 15.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
  18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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