Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 339 · 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: arms crossed tightly? (a) helpful (b) distracting
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) helpful (b) distracting
3. 3.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) feet steady and apart (c) calm, still feet (d) touching your hair a lot
4. 4.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) hopping on the spot (b) swaying to and fro (c) tall, feet steady (d) leaning on one leg
5. 5.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) helpful (b) distracting
6. 6.True or false: “back to the audience” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) in tight fists (b) relaxed at your sides (c) deep in your pockets (d) behind your head
8. 8.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) facing the audience (b) hands deep in pockets (c) arms crossed tightly (d) tapping your foot
9. 9.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
10. 10.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) hunched and closed (b) looking at the exit (c) arms tightly crossed (d) shoulders back, open
12. 12.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) distracting (b) helpful
13. 13.True or false: “tapping your foot” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) open hands (b) arms crossed tightly (c) facing the audience (d) calm, still feet
15. 15.True or false: “fiddling with a pen” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
17. 17.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🙌 What does a fist raised in joy do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
19. 19.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) tapping your foot (c) swaying side to side (d) fiddling with a pen
20. 20.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: fiddling with a pen? (a) distracting (b) helpful
21. 21.True or false: “chin up” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙌 What does pointing at the slide do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows a number (c) shows size (d) points to something
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) feet steady and apart (c) fiddling with a pen (d) relaxed shoulders
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) back to the audience (c) calm, still feet (d) slouching
25. 25.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a number (c) points to something (d) shows a feeling
26. 26.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) touching your hair a lot (c) slouching (d) tapping your foot
27. 27.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) facing the audience (c) tapping your foot (d) feet steady and apart
28. 28.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) natural gestures (c) calm, still feet (d) hands deep in pockets
29. 29.🙌 What does spreading your arms wide do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows size (c) points to something (d) shows a number
30. 30.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) points to something (c) shows a feeling (d) shows a number
31. 31.🙌 What does raising a hand high do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
32. 32.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) open hands (c) feet steady and apart (d) swaying side to side
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: touching your hair a lot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
34. 34.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) swaying side to side (c) natural gestures (d) back to the audience
35. 35.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) back to the audience (b) hands deep in pockets (c) touching your hair a lot (d) open hands
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) back to the audience (b) arms crossed tightly (c) touching your hair a lot (d) standing tall
37. 37.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) goes against words (b) repeats nonstop (c) hides your face (d) matches your words
38. 38.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slouching (b) natural gestures (c) open hands (d) calm, still feet
40. 40.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) helpful (b) distracting

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