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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 797 · 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 wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
  9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  26. 26.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
  36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
  38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

Answer key

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

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