Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 491 · 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.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) behind your head (b) deep in your pockets (c) in tight fists (d) relaxed at your sides
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: relaxed shoulders? (a) distracting (b) helpful
3. 3.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) distracting (b) helpful
4. 4.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) matches your words (b) hides your face (c) goes against words (d) repeats nonstop
5. 5.True or false: “swaying side to side” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) helpful (b) distracting
7. 7.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: fiddling with a pen? (a) distracting (b) helpful
8. 8.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) calm, still feet (c) natural gestures (d) arms crossed tightly
9. 9.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) helpful (b) distracting
10. 10.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) tapping your foot (c) fiddling with a pen (d) feet steady and apart
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tapping your foot (b) natural gestures (c) arms crossed tightly (d) back to the audience
12. 12.True or false: “fiddling with a pen” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “standing tall” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) back to the audience (b) calm, still feet (c) fiddling with a pen (d) touching your hair a lot
15. 15.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
16. 16.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) relaxed shoulders (c) facing the audience (d) slouching
17. 17.🙌 What does counting on your fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows size (c) shows a number (d) shows a feeling
18. 18.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) tall, feet steady (b) swaying to and fro (c) hopping on the spot (d) leaning on one leg
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facing the audience (b) calm, still feet (c) feet steady and apart (d) touching your hair a lot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feet steady and apart (b) back to the audience (c) chin up (d) open hands
21. 21.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) distracting (b) helpful
22. 22.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) back to the audience (c) slouching (d) natural gestures
23. 23.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a number (c) points to something (d) shows a feeling
24. 24.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) arms tightly crossed (b) looking at the exit (c) shoulders back, open (d) hunched and closed
25. 25.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) slouching (c) calm, still feet (d) fiddling with a pen
26. 26.🙌 What does a nod toward the chart do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a feeling (c) shows a number (d) shows size
27. 27.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) hands deep in pockets (c) arms crossed tightly (d) fiddling with a pen
28. 28.True or false: “slouching” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “calm, still feet” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) standing tall (b) fiddling with a pen (c) slouching (d) swaying side to side
31. 31.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) points to something (c) shows size (d) shows a number
32. 32.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) standing tall (c) hands deep in pockets (d) natural gestures
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: arms crossed tightly? (a) distracting (b) helpful
34. 34.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) fiddling with a pen (c) open hands (d) hands deep in pockets
36. 36.True or false: “natural gestures” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “facing the audience” is helpful 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.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows size (c) points to something (d) shows a feeling
40. 40.True or false: “fiddling with a pen” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False

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