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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 487 · 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 leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
  18. 18.⏸️ 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
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
  24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (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.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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