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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 61 · 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: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
  22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
  40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little

Answer key

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

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