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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 923 · 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) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
  9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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