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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 599 · 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) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.⏸️ 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
  5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.⏸️ 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
  18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

Answer key

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

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