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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 605 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
  9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
  10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
  23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
  30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
  31. 31.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
  32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

Answer key

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

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