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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 885 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
  3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
  22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  33. 33.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  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: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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