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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 252 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
  11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
  14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.❓ 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
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
  36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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