Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 76 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) calm, still feet (b) facing the audience (c) swaying side to side (d) chin up
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) distracting (b) helpful
3. 3.🙌 What does a nod toward the chart do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a number (c) shows a feeling (d) points to something
4. 4.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
5. 5.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) hopping on the spot (b) leaning on one leg (c) tall, feet steady (d) swaying to and fro
6. 6.🙌 What does counting on your fingers do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) points to something (c) shows a number (d) shows a feeling
7. 7.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) distracting (b) helpful
8. 8.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) arms tightly crossed (b) hunched and closed (c) looking at the exit (d) shoulders back, open
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) hands deep in pockets (c) touching your hair a lot (d) arms crossed tightly
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing tall (b) fiddling with a pen (c) relaxed shoulders (d) chin up
11. 11.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) distracting (b) helpful
12. 12.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) natural gestures (c) hands deep in pockets (d) standing tall
13. 13.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a number (c) shows a feeling (d) shows size
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) back to the audience (b) fiddling with a pen (c) swaying side to side (d) feet steady and apart
15. 15.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) distracting (b) helpful
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) tapping your foot (c) chin up (d) calm, still feet
17. 17.🙌 What does a fist raised in joy do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows size (c) points to something (d) shows a feeling
18. 18.True or false: “chin up” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “slouching” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: swaying side to side? (a) distracting (b) helpful
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) back to the audience (c) touching your hair a lot (d) swaying side to side
22. 22.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: relaxed shoulders? (a) helpful (b) distracting
23. 23.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a feeling (c) shows a number (d) points to something
24. 24.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) arms crossed tightly (c) facing the audience (d) touching your hair a lot
25. 25.🙌 What does raising a hand high do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows a number (c) shows size (d) points to something
26. 26.True or false: “tapping your foot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) distracting (b) helpful
28. 28.True or false: “standing tall” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows size (c) shows a feeling (d) shows a number
30. 30.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) hands deep in pockets (c) relaxed shoulders (d) slouching
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) swaying side to side (b) slouching (c) calm, still feet (d) touching your hair a lot
32. 32.True or false: “back to the audience” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) helpful (b) distracting
34. 34.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a feeling (c) shows a number (d) shows size
35. 35.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) calm, still feet (b) chin up (c) arms crossed tightly (d) open hands
37. 37.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) deep in your pockets (b) behind your head (c) in tight fists (d) relaxed at your sides
38. 38.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: facing the audience? (a) distracting (b) helpful
39. 39.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) tapping your foot (b) chin up (c) touching your hair a lot (d) slouching
40. 40.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) arms crossed tightly (b) fiddling with a pen (c) slouching (d) calm, still feet

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