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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 558 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
  5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
  13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
  30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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