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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 351 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
  2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
  8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  20. 20.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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