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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 647 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
  12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⏸️ 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
  15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
  17. 17.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  29. 29.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
  35. 35.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent

Answer key

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

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