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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 442 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
  19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
  27. 27.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace

Answer key

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

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