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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 167 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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