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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 515 · 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.❔ 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
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
  21. 21.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
  29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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