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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 604 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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