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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 906 · 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 tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
  8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
  13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
  34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

Answer key

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

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