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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 651 · 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) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (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.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
  19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  23. 23.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  29. 29.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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