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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 280 · 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: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
  15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  20. 20.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
  21. 21.❓ 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
  22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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