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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 848 · 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 comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
  11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
  25. 25.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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