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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 696 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.❔ 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
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
  36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause

Answer key

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

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