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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 747 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  4. 4.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  18. 18.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  26. 26.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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