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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 822 · 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.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.❓ 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
  4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  19. 19.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
  27. 27.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
  34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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