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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 320 · 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) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  5. 5.❓ 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
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
  24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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