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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 593 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  11. 11.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
  18. 18.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

Answer key

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

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