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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 815 · 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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  3. 3.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
  6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
  16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause

Answer key

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

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