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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 718 · 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 the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
  5. 5.⏸️ 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
  6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  8. 8.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
  16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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