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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 398 · 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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
  13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  21. 21.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
  22. 22.❔ 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
  23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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