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Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 761 · 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.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chin up (b) relaxed shoulders (c) tapping your foot (d) calm, still feet
  3. 3.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: relaxed shoulders? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  4. 4.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) back to the audience (b) fiddling with a pen (c) natural gestures (d) tapping your foot
  5. 5.True or false: “chin up” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) slouching (b) fiddling with a pen (c) feet steady and apart (d) swaying side to side
  8. 8.True or false: “back to the audience” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) natural gestures (c) touching your hair a lot (d) chin up
  10. 10.🙌 What does counting on your fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) shows a number (c) shows size (d) points to something
  11. 11.🙌 What does a hand on your heart do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) points to something (c) shows a feeling (d) shows a number
  12. 12.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) facing the audience (c) slouching (d) tapping your foot
  13. 13.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: standing tall? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  14. 14.True or false: “swaying side to side” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) keep it in your bag (b) cover it with a cloth (c) hide it behind you (d) hold it up to show
  16. 16.True or false: “feet steady and apart” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) feet steady and apart (c) standing tall (d) facing the audience
  18. 18.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: hands deep in pockets? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) back to the audience (b) slouching (c) hands deep in pockets (d) feet steady and apart
  20. 20.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) hands deep in pockets (c) chin up (d) tapping your foot
  21. 21.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “relaxed shoulders” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) hands deep in pockets (c) back to the audience (d) open hands
  24. 24.🙌 What does a fist raised in joy do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a number (c) shows size (d) shows a feeling
  25. 25.True or false: “back to the audience” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) back to the audience (b) chin up (c) open hands (d) standing tall
  27. 27.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) leaning on one leg (b) swaying to and fro (c) hopping on the spot (d) tall, feet steady
  28. 28.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) distracting (b) helpful
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing tall (b) relaxed shoulders (c) slouching (d) calm, still feet
  30. 30.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  31. 31.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) touching your hair a lot (b) feet steady and apart (c) facing the audience (d) relaxed shoulders
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) back to the audience (b) slouching (c) relaxed shoulders (d) tapping your foot
  33. 33.True or false: “standing tall” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) chin up (b) feet steady and apart (c) facing the audience (d) arms crossed tightly
  35. 35.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) standing tall (c) feet steady and apart (d) open hands
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) calm, still feet (c) back to the audience (d) open hands
  37. 37.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) natural gestures (b) fiddling with a pen (c) relaxed shoulders (d) standing tall
  38. 38.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) helpful (b) distracting
  40. 40.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) points to something (c) shows a feeling (d) shows size

Answer key

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

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