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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 319 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
  5. 5.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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