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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 849 · 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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (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) False (b) True
  4. 4.⏸️ 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
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
  24. 24.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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