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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 403 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.❓ 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
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  33. 33.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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