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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 935 · 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 suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
  11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
  12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  34. 34.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave

Answer key

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

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