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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 322 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
  3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⏸️ 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
  5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
  17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  20. 20.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
  29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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