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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 576 · 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 high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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