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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 99 · 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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
  3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
  7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
  9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
  14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
  37. 37.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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