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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 449 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  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: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  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: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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