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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 912 · 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 serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
  18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  32. 32.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
  33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  38. 38.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
  39. 39.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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