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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 395 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.❔ 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
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  9. 9.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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