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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 204 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
  3. 3.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
  11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
  12. 12.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
  16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
  17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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