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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 980 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.❓ 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
  4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
  15. 15.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle 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.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  26. 26.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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