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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 301 · 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.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
  3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
  4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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