Public Speaking Worksheet: Eye Contact and Expressions
Speaker's tip (Look, then move): Good: looking around the room, a few seconds per person, every section including the back row, glancing at notes and then up. Poor: staring at the ceiling, the floor or the slides, reading with your head down, looking at one friend only. Match your face to your words: warm smile, serious face or surprised look.
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- 1.Which of these is good eye contact? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) reading with head down (c) staring at the slides (d) including the back row
- 2.👀 In a big hall, how can you make eye contact with everyone? (a) close your eyes (b) look at the floor (c) look at one person (d) look at each section
- 3.👀 Good or poor eye contact: staring at the slides? (a) good eye contact (b) poor eye contact
- 4.True or false: “reading with head down” is poor eye contact. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: telling a happy holiday memory suits a warm smile. (a) True (b) False
- 6.👀 Good or poor eye contact: a few seconds per person? (a) poor eye contact (b) good eye contact
- 7.True or false: talking about families who lost their homes in a flood suits a surprised look. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🙂 Which expression suits greeting the audience at the start? (a) a serious face (b) a surprised look (c) a warm smile
- 9.Which of these is good eye contact? (a) looking around the room (b) eyes on the floor (c) staring at the ceiling (d) reading with head down
- 10.👀 Good or poor eye contact: including the back row? (a) good eye contact (b) poor eye contact
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the slides (b) a few seconds per person (c) reading with head down (d) watching one friend only
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting a few eyes (b) glancing down, then up (c) looking around the room (d) staring at the slides
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading with head down (b) meeting a few eyes (c) looking at each section (d) looking around the room
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at each section (b) eyes on the floor (c) a few seconds per person (d) meeting a few eyes
- 15.📝 You have notes. How should you use them? (a) stare only at them (b) read with head down (c) hold them over your face (d) glance down, look up
- 16.👀 Good or poor eye contact: glancing down, then up? (a) good eye contact (b) poor eye contact
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) looking at each section (c) glancing down, then up (d) looking around the room
- 18.True or false: greeting the audience at the start suits a serious face. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🙂 Which expression suits talking about road safety and accidents? (a) a surprised look (b) a warm smile (c) a serious face
- 20.🙂 Which expression suits telling a happy holiday memory? (a) a surprised look (b) a warm smile (c) a serious face
- 21.True or false: “staring at the slides” is good eye contact. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: thanking the chief guest suits a warm smile. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👀 Good or poor eye contact: meeting a few eyes? (a) good eye contact (b) poor eye contact
- 24.Which of these is poor eye contact? (a) looking around the room (b) reading with head down (c) a few seconds per person (d) meeting a few eyes
- 25.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is good eye contact. (a) True (b) False
- 26.👀 Good or poor eye contact: looking at each section? (a) good eye contact (b) poor eye contact
- 27.True or false: “looking at each section” is poor eye contact. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: revealing an answer nobody expected suits a warm smile. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is poor eye contact? (a) including the back row (b) looking around the room (c) a few seconds per person (d) watching one friend only
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking out the window (b) meeting a few eyes (c) looking around the room (d) a few seconds per person
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the slides (b) watching one friend only (c) including the back row (d) reading with head down
- 32.True or false: giving the rules of an exam hall suits a surprised look. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “looking at each section” is good eye contact. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: revealing an answer nobody expected suits a serious face. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “looking around the room” is poor eye contact. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meeting a few eyes (b) glancing down, then up (c) watching one friend only (d) including the back row
- 37.Which of these is good eye contact? (a) staring at the slides (b) looking out the window (c) eyes on the floor (d) meeting a few eyes
- 38.True or false: “a few seconds per person” is good eye contact. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “including the back row” is poor eye contact. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👀 Good or poor eye contact: eyes on the floor? (a) poor eye contact (b) good eye contact
Answer key
- including the back row
- look at each section
- poor eye contact
- True
- True
- good eye contact
- False
- a warm smile
- looking around the room
- good eye contact
- a few seconds per person
- staring at the slides
- reading with head down
- eyes on the floor
- glance down, look up
- good eye contact
- staring at the ceiling
- False
- a serious face
- a warm smile
- False
- True
- good eye contact
- reading with head down
- False
- good eye contact
- False
- False
- watching one friend only
- looking out the window
- including the back row
- False
- True
- False
- False
- watching one friend only
- meeting a few eyes
- True
- False
- poor eye contact
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