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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 901 · 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 fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  2. 2.⏸️ 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
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  19. 19.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  24. 24.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
  27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  34. 34.⏸️ 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
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  37. 37.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
  38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

Answer key

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

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