Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 361 · 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: relaxed shoulders? (a) helpful (b) distracting
2. 2.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) natural gestures (c) tapping your foot (d) back to the audience
3. 3.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: calm, still feet? (a) helpful (b) distracting
4. 4.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) helpful (b) distracting
5. 5.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
6. 6.True or false: “standing tall” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “open hands” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) distracting (b) helpful
9. 9.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) deep in your pockets (b) relaxed at your sides (c) in tight fists (d) behind your head
10. 10.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) arms crossed tightly (c) touching your hair a lot (d) calm, still feet
11. 11.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) arms crossed tightly (c) swaying side to side (d) touching your hair a lot
12. 12.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: touching your hair a lot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) calm, still feet (c) tapping your foot (d) arms crossed tightly
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tapping your foot (b) open hands (c) feet steady and apart (d) relaxed shoulders
15. 15.🧍 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) standing tall (c) feet steady and apart (d) touching your hair a lot
17. 17.True or false: “tapping your foot” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “chin up” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) feet steady and apart (c) relaxed shoulders (d) touching your hair a lot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) feet steady and apart (c) arms crossed tightly (d) slouching
21. 21.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a number (c) shows a feeling (d) shows size
22. 22.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) helpful (b) distracting
23. 23.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) distracting (b) helpful
24. 24.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙌 What does a nod toward the chart do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
26. 26.🙌 What does pointing at the slide do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows size (c) shows a number (d) points to something
27. 27.True or false: “hands deep in pockets” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) hunched and closed (b) looking at the exit (c) arms tightly crossed (d) shoulders back, open
29. 29.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) swaying side to side (c) natural gestures (d) facing the audience
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arms crossed tightly (b) open hands (c) slouching (d) fiddling with a pen
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facing the audience (b) standing tall (c) open hands (d) arms crossed tightly
32. 32.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) open hands (c) relaxed shoulders (d) swaying side to side
34. 34.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) natural gestures (b) open hands (c) relaxed shoulders (d) tapping your foot
35. 35.True or false: “facing the audience” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: arms crossed tightly? (a) helpful (b) distracting
37. 37.True or false: “open hands” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) back to the audience (b) swaying side to side (c) arms crossed tightly (d) standing tall
40. 40.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) fiddling with a pen (c) chin up (d) natural gestures

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