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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 15 · 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: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
  9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  38. 38.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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