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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 90 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
  2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
  5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  10. 10.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
  18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
  20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
  39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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