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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 93 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
  3. 3.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
  16. 16.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
  20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  23. 23.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
  30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  33. 33.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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