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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 645 · 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 suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle 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 welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
  28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
  38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace

Answer key

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

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