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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 874 · 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 tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  14. 14.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
  27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  32. 32.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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