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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 466 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
  3. 3.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  6. 6.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
  32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch

Answer key

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

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