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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 711 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
  5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace

Answer key

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

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