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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 539 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
  21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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