Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 334 · 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.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) distracting (b) helpful
2. 2.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) hides your face (b) matches your words (c) goes against words (d) repeats nonstop
3. 3.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) deep in your pockets (b) in tight fists (c) behind your head (d) relaxed at your sides
4. 4.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) natural gestures (c) tapping your foot (d) arms crossed tightly
6. 6.True or false: “facing the audience” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) tapping your foot (c) back to the audience (d) fiddling with a pen
8. 8.🙌 What does spreading your arms wide do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) points to something (c) shows a number (d) shows size
9. 9.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) swaying side to side (c) arms crossed tightly (d) natural gestures
10. 10.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) helpful (b) distracting
11. 11.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) feet steady and apart (c) relaxed shoulders (d) swaying side to side
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) arms crossed tightly (c) swaying side to side (d) hands deep in pockets
13. 13.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a feeling (c) shows size (d) shows a number
14. 14.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) distracting (b) helpful
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) back to the audience (c) tapping your foot (d) touching your hair a lot
16. 16.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) distracting (b) helpful
17. 17.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) swaying side to side (b) standing tall (c) hands deep in pockets (d) arms crossed tightly
18. 18.True or false: “tapping your foot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) tapping your foot (b) relaxed shoulders (c) chin up (d) open hands
20. 20.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a number (c) shows size (d) shows a feeling
21. 21.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) hide it behind you (b) keep it in your bag (c) hold it up to show (d) cover it with a cloth
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facing the audience (b) arms crossed tightly (c) back to the audience (d) fiddling with a pen
23. 23.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) fiddling with a pen (c) chin up (d) open hands
24. 24.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) chin up (c) calm, still feet (d) touching your hair a lot
25. 25.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) hunched and closed (b) shoulders back, open (c) looking at the exit (d) arms tightly crossed
26. 26.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) tall, feet steady (b) hopping on the spot (c) leaning on one leg (d) swaying to and fro
27. 27.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) distracting (b) helpful
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feet steady and apart (b) swaying side to side (c) natural gestures (d) chin up
29. 29.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) swaying side to side (b) calm, still feet (c) slouching (d) back to the audience
30. 30.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: calm, still feet? (a) helpful (b) distracting
31. 31.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) distracting (b) helpful
32. 32.True or false: “slouching” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) distracting (b) helpful
34. 34.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) tapping your foot (b) fiddling with a pen (c) hands deep in pockets (d) open hands
35. 35.True or false: “fiddling with a pen” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “standing tall” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) helpful (b) distracting
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) feet steady and apart (c) relaxed shoulders (d) touching your hair a lot
39. 39.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) back to the audience (b) fiddling with a pen (c) facing the audience (d) slouching
40. 40.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) tapping your foot (b) fiddling with a pen (c) chin up (d) back to the audience

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