Public Speaking Worksheet: Body Language

Public speaking lesson 4: Body language and gestures · Set 850 · 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: relaxed shoulders? (a) distracting (b) helpful
2. 2.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: open hands? (a) helpful (b) distracting
3. 3.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows size (c) shows a number (d) shows a feeling
4. 4.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: slouching? (a) helpful (b) distracting
5. 5.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) open hands (b) tapping your foot (c) facing the audience (d) natural gestures
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) arms crossed tightly (c) standing tall (d) natural gestures
7. 7.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: calm, still feet? (a) helpful (b) distracting
8. 8.🧍 Where should your hands be when you are not gesturing? (a) in tight fists (b) behind your head (c) relaxed at your sides (d) deep in your pockets
9. 9.🎁 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
10. 10.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: feet steady and apart? (a) distracting (b) helpful
11. 11.True or false: “facing the audience” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧍 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) swaying side to side (c) arms crossed tightly (d) feet steady and apart
14. 14.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) swaying side to side (b) facing the audience (c) tapping your foot (d) back to the audience
15. 15.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: arms crossed tightly? (a) helpful (b) distracting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fiddling with a pen (b) standing tall (c) tapping your foot (d) swaying side to side
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) chin up (c) fiddling with a pen (d) slouching
18. 18.True or false: “standing tall” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “calm, still feet” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) slouching (b) relaxed shoulders (c) open hands (d) chin up
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) feet steady and apart (c) touching your hair a lot (d) calm, still feet
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) natural gestures (b) slouching (c) swaying side to side (d) arms crossed tightly
23. 23.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: natural gestures? (a) helpful (b) distracting
24. 24.True or false: “chin up” is distracting body language. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧍 Which shows the audience you are confident? (a) looking at the exit (b) arms tightly crossed (c) hunched and closed (d) shoulders back, open
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) calm, still feet (b) fiddling with a pen (c) standing tall (d) feet steady and apart
27. 27.True or false: “arms crossed tightly” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) swaying side to side (c) relaxed shoulders (d) natural gestures
29. 29.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) relaxed shoulders (c) touching your hair a lot (d) calm, still feet
30. 30.True or false: “back to the audience” is distracting body language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: chin up? (a) distracting (b) helpful
32. 32.🙌 What does an open palm to the map do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a feeling (c) shows size (d) shows a number
33. 33.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: back to the audience? (a) helpful (b) distracting
34. 34.True or false: “swaying side to side” is helpful body language. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙌 What does a tiny gap between fingers do in a speech? (a) points to something (b) shows a feeling (c) shows a number (d) shows size
36. 36.True or false: “touching your hair a lot” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) relaxed shoulders (b) swaying side to side (c) open hands (d) chin up
38. 38.Which of these is helpful body language? (a) hands deep in pockets (b) swaying side to side (c) fiddling with a pen (d) chin up
39. 39.🧍 Helpful or distracting body language: tapping your foot? (a) helpful (b) distracting
40. 40.🙌 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

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