Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 154 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Tall, still, open): Helpful: standing tall, feet steady and apart, relaxed shoulders, open hands, facing the audience, natural gestures. Distracting: slouching, swaying, arms crossed tightly, hands deep in pockets, fiddling, tapping your foot, your back to the audience. Gestures show a number, a size, something to look at or a feeling — they must match your words. When not gesturing, rest your hands at your sides.

1. 1.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) cover it with a cloth (b) hold it up to show (c) keep it in your bag (d) hide it behind you
2. 2.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) relaxed at your sides (b) behind your head (c) deep in your pockets (d) in tight fists
3. 3.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) helpful (b) distracting
4. 4.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: fiddling with a pen? (a) helpful (b) distracting
5. 5.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) facing the audience (b) hands deep in pockets (c) touching your hair a lot (d) arms crossed tightly
6. 6.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) shoulders back, open (b) hunched and closed (c) arms tightly crossed (d) looking at the exit
7. 7.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) relaxed shoulders (c) natural gestures (d) slouching
8. 8.True or false: “tapping your foot” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) leaning on one leg (b) swaying to and fro (c) hopping on the spot (d) tall, feet steady
10. 10.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: relaxed shoulders? (a) distracting (b) helpful
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) tapping your foot (c) feet steady and apart (d) touching your hair a lot
12. 12.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) natural gestures (c) feet steady and apart (d) arms crossed tightly
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) open hands (c) standing tall (d) back to the audience
14. 14.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) distracting (b) helpful
15. 15.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) distracting (b) helpful
16. 16.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) calm, still feet (b) open hands (c) back to the audience (d) standing tall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) open hands (b) chin up (c) fiddling with a pen (d) natural gestures
18. 18.🙌 What does a nod toward the chart do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows size (c) shows a number (d) points to something
19. 19.True or false: “slouching” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) open hands (b) chin up (c) calm, still feet (d) touching your hair a lot
21. 21.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) back to the audience (b) swaying side to side (c) slouching (d) calm, still feet
23. 23.True or false: “tapping your foot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “hands deep in pockets” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) open hands (c) tapping your foot (d) facing the audience
26. 26.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) chin up (c) feet steady and apart (d) hands deep in pockets
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing tall (b) tapping your foot (c) touching your hair a lot (d) arms crossed tightly
28. 28.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows a number (c) points to something (d) shows size
30. 30.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) helpful (b) distracting
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) open hands (b) hands deep in pockets (c) facing the audience (d) calm, still feet
32. 32.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) back to the audience (c) feet steady and apart (d) arms crossed tightly
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) calm, still feet (c) arms crossed tightly (d) hands deep in pockets
34. 34.True or false: “fiddling with a pen” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) back to the audience (c) standing tall (d) swaying side to side
36. 36.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) natural gestures (b) arms crossed tightly (c) hands deep in pockets (d) tapping your foot
37. 37.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) helpful (b) distracting
38. 38.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) distracting (b) helpful
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing tall (b) feet steady and apart (c) facing the audience (d) touching your hair a lot
40. 40.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) touching your hair a lot (c) relaxed shoulders (d) back to the audience

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