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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 757 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.⏸️ 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
  4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
  15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
  35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume

Answer key

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

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