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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 33 · 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 short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
  11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  15. 15.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  24. 24.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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