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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 440 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
  13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
  16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret 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) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause

Answer key

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

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