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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 473 · 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.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
  5. 5.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  12. 12.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  39. 39.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
  40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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