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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 850 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
  3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
  11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  17. 17.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  34. 34.⏸️ 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
  35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  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.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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