Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 661 · 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: standing tall? (a) helpful (b) distracting
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) distracting (b) helpful
3. 3.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) open hands (c) chin up (d) back to the audience
5. 5.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) calm, still feet (b) touching your hair a lot (c) hands deep in pockets (d) back to the audience
6. 6.🙌 What does a tiny gap between fingers do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a number (c) shows a feeling (d) points to something
7. 7.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) relaxed at your sides (b) behind your head (c) deep in your pockets (d) in tight fists
8. 8.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) slouching (c) chin up (d) relaxed shoulders
9. 9.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) helpful (b) distracting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) facing the audience (c) natural gestures (d) tapping your foot
11. 11.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) swaying side to side (b) touching your hair a lot (c) open hands (d) hands deep in pockets
12. 12.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) shows size (d) points to something
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) fiddling with a pen (c) arms crossed tightly (d) calm, still feet
14. 14.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: fiddling with a pen? (a) distracting (b) helpful
15. 15.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) hands deep in pockets (c) fiddling with a pen (d) tapping your foot
16. 16.True or false: “tapping your foot” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) shoulders back, open (b) hunched and closed (c) looking at the exit (d) arms tightly crossed
18. 18.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) tapping your foot (c) feet steady and apart (d) chin up
19. 19.True or false: “swaying side to side” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “back to the audience” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) swaying to and fro (b) hopping on the spot (c) leaning on one leg (d) tall, feet steady
22. 22.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows size (c) shows a feeling (d) points to something
23. 23.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) distracting (b) helpful
24. 24.🙌 What does raising a hand high do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows size (c) points to something (d) shows a number
25. 25.True or false: “hands deep in pockets” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “arms crossed tightly” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) hold it up to show (b) hide it behind you (c) cover it with a cloth (d) keep it in your bag
28. 28.True or false: “standing tall” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: calm, still feet? (a) distracting (b) helpful
30. 30.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
32. 32.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) relaxed shoulders (c) feet steady and apart (d) fiddling with a pen
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) helpful (b) distracting
34. 34.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) hides your face (b) goes against words (c) matches your words (d) repeats nonstop
35. 35.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) standing tall (b) open hands (c) chin up (d) arms crossed tightly
36. 36.🙌 What does a nod toward the chart do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) points to something (c) shows a number (d) shows size
37. 37.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) distracting (b) helpful
38. 38.True or false: “natural gestures” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) standing tall (c) chin up (d) swaying side to side
40. 40.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) back to the audience (c) hands deep in pockets (d) chin up

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