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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 377 · 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 comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
  7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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