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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 661 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
  2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⏸️ 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
  14. 14.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  23. 23.🤐 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
  24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.❔ 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
  30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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