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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 783 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  3. 3.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
  7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
  24. 24.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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