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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 288 · 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 suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
  14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
  38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  40. 40.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low

Answer key

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

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