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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 951 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
  9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (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) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
  31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster

Answer key

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

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