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Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 721 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing tall (b) facing the audience (c) arms crossed tightly (d) relaxed shoulders
  2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: relaxed shoulders? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  3. 3.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  4. 4.True or false: “chin up” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  6. 6.True or false: “tapping your foot” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) hands deep in pockets (c) fiddling with a pen (d) chin up
  8. 8.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) feet steady and apart (c) arms crossed tightly (d) hands deep in pockets
  9. 9.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows a number
  10. 10.🙌 A gesture works best when it… (a) repeats nonstop (b) goes against words (c) hides your face (d) matches your words
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feet steady and apart (b) swaying side to side (c) facing the audience (d) standing tall
  12. 12.True or false: “slouching” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) looking at the exit (b) arms tightly crossed (c) hunched and closed (d) shoulders back, open
  14. 14.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧍 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
  16. 16.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) slouching (c) standing tall (d) feet steady and apart
  17. 17.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) swaying side to side (c) arms crossed tightly (d) relaxed shoulders
  18. 18.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) leaning on one leg (b) swaying to and fro (c) tall, feet steady (d) hopping on the spot
  19. 19.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  20. 20.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tapping your foot (b) natural gestures (c) back to the audience (d) slouching
  22. 22.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) calm, still feet (c) tapping your foot (d) swaying side to side
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) tapping your foot (c) fiddling with a pen (d) chin up
  24. 24.True or false: “back to the audience” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) calm, still feet (b) facing the audience (c) chin up (d) back to the audience
  26. 26.True or false: “standing tall” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) natural gestures (b) relaxed shoulders (c) standing tall (d) swaying side to side
  28. 28.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) arms crossed tightly (c) slouching (d) standing tall
  29. 29.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) tapping your foot (c) chin up (d) open hands
  30. 30.True or false: “tapping your foot” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  32. 32.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  33. 33.True or false: “calm, still feet” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) feet steady and apart (b) facing the audience (c) open hands (d) back to the audience
  35. 35.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) hide it behind you (b) keep it in your bag (c) hold it up to show (d) cover it with a cloth
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) relaxed shoulders (c) tapping your foot (d) arms crossed tightly
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) facing the audience (b) fiddling with a pen (c) feet steady and apart (d) relaxed shoulders
  38. 38.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  39. 39.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. arms crossed tightly
  2. helpful
  3. helpful
  4. True
  5. helpful
  6. True
  7. chin up
  8. feet steady and apart
  9. shows a number
  10. matches your words
  11. swaying side to side
  12. False
  13. shoulders back, open
  14. False
  15. relaxed at your sides
  16. slouching
  17. relaxed shoulders
  18. tall, feet steady
  19. distracting
  20. False
  21. natural gestures
  22. calm, still feet
  23. chin up
  24. False
  25. back to the audience
  26. False
  27. swaying side to side
  28. standing tall
  29. tapping your foot
  30. False
  31. distracting
  32. helpful
  33. True
  34. back to the audience
  35. hold it up to show
  36. relaxed shoulders
  37. fiddling with a pen
  38. helpful
  39. True
  40. True

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