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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 973 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
  6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
  26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
  36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

Answer key

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

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