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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 985 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
  2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
  6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  7. 7.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable 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) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  13. 13.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  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.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
  20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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