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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 736 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
  5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  7. 7.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
  35. 35.⏸️ 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
  36. 36.❔ 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
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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