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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 807 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
  38. 38.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
  39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause

Answer key

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

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