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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 551 · 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 tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.⏸️ 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
  8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  12. 12.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  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: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  34. 34.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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