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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 91 · 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 deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  5. 5.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  19. 19.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.❓ 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
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace

Answer key

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

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