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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 238 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
  9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  37. 37.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
  38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

Answer key

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

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