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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 664 · 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) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
  2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
  4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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