Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 380 · 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.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) shows size (d) points to something
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
3. 3.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) repeats nonstop (b) goes against words (c) hides your face (d) matches your words
4. 4.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) natural gestures (c) hands deep in pockets (d) open hands
5. 5.True or false: “calm, still feet” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) natural gestures (b) facing the audience (c) arms crossed tightly (d) calm, still feet
7. 7.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) distracting (b) helpful
8. 8.True or false: “back to the audience” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) hopping on the spot (b) tall, feet steady (c) swaying to and fro (d) leaning on one leg
10. 10.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) calm, still feet (c) chin up (d) tapping your foot
11. 11.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
12. 12.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) natural gestures (c) hands deep in pockets (d) back to the audience
13. 13.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows size (c) shows a number (d) points to something
14. 14.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) swaying side to side (b) fiddling with a pen (c) slouching (d) facing the audience
15. 15.True or false: “arms crossed tightly” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) natural gestures (c) tapping your foot (d) relaxed shoulders
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) calm, still feet (c) facing the audience (d) natural gestures
18. 18.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) touching your hair a lot (c) tapping your foot (d) calm, still feet
19. 19.True or false: “swaying side to side” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “facing the audience” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) cover it with a cloth (b) keep it in your bag (c) hold it up to show (d) hide it behind you
22. 22.🙌 What does spreading your arms wide do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a number (c) points to something (d) shows a feeling
23. 23.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) helpful (b) distracting
24. 24.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) shoulders back, open (b) looking at the exit (c) arms tightly crossed (d) hunched and closed
25. 25.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) distracting (b) helpful
26. 26.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) back to the audience (c) swaying side to side (d) arms crossed tightly
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) fiddling with a pen (c) calm, still feet (d) hands deep in pockets
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) open hands (b) slouching (c) relaxed shoulders (d) standing tall
30. 30.True or false: “natural gestures” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) relaxed at your sides (b) behind your head (c) in tight fists (d) deep in your pockets
32. 32.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) feet steady and apart (c) touching your hair a lot (d) relaxed shoulders
33. 33.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) natural gestures (c) swaying side to side (d) chin up
34. 34.True or false: “chin up” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) distracting (b) helpful
36. 36.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
37. 37.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) open hands (b) tapping your foot (c) hands deep in pockets (d) fiddling with a pen
38. 38.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) slouching (c) facing the audience (d) standing tall
39. 39.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) helpful (b) distracting
40. 40.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False

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