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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 286 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
  2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
  10. 10.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
  19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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