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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 699 · 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 giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
  13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
  26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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