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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 683 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  22. 22.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
  26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
  39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

Answer key

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

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