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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 939 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
  2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  8. 8.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
  18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
  27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  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.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it

Answer key

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

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