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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 334 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  2. 2.❔ 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
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
  18. 18.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  24. 24.🤐 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
  25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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