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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 739 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  7. 7.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
  8. 8.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
  14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  32. 32.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (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: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.❔ 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

Answer key

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

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