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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 597 · 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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  17. 17.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
  18. 18.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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