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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 580 · 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 loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
  10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  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 suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  20. 20.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  28. 28.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (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 calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest

Answer key

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

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