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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 291 · 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.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
  7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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