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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 39 · 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 announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  10. 10.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  28. 28.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  30. 30.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  32. 32.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
  34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  35. 35.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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