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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 335 · 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) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
  6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  9. 9.⏸️ 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
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
  13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
  25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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