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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 46 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
  24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
  31. 31.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (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: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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