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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 992 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
  2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
  7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
  16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  37. 37.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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