Presentation Skills Worksheet: Rehearsing

Public speaking lesson 19: Rehearsing a presentation · Set 640 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Rehearse like the real day): Good: practising out loud, standing, timing each run, short numbered cue cards, practising for family, checking slides and the room early. Poor: only reading silently, never timing yourself, skipping the ending, first try on the day, reading a full script. Cue cards: key words only, numbered in speaking order.

1. 1.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: practising for family? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
2. 2.🗂️ What should you write on a cue card? (a) the whole speech (b) nothing at all (c) key words only (d) tiny paragraphs
3. 3.Which of these is a good rehearsal habit? (a) practising only once (b) rewriting it last night (c) standing up to practise (d) reading a full script
4. 4.Which of these is a good rehearsal habit? (a) first try on the day (b) only reading silently (c) trying the room first (d) reading a full script
5. 5.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: starting a week early? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only reading silently (b) standing up to practise (c) using short cue cards (d) practising out loud
7. 7.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: practising only once? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
8. 8.Which of these is a good rehearsal habit? (a) starting a week early (b) first try on the day (c) skipping the ending (d) practising only once
9. 9.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: testing slides on stage? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing up to practise (b) timing each run (c) never timing yourself (d) practising out loud
11. 11.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: standing up to practise? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
12. 12.Which of these is a good rehearsal habit? (a) testing slides on stage (b) practising for family (c) first try on the day (d) only reading silently
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing slides on stage (b) practising the opening (c) standing up to practise (d) checking slides early
14. 14.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: marking pauses on cards? (a) a good rehearsal habit (b) a poor rehearsal habit
15. 15.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: never timing yourself? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit
16. 16.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: skipping the ending? (a) a good rehearsal habit (b) a poor rehearsal habit
17. 17.True or false: “using short cue cards” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “never timing yourself” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “first try on the day” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗂️ How should you arrange your cue cards? (a) in random order (b) numbered, in order (c) backwards (d) loose and unnumbered
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using short cue cards (b) starting a week early (c) timing each run (d) skipping the ending
22. 22.True or false: “never timing yourself” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “practising out loud” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “standing up to practise” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only reading silently (b) reading a full script (c) skipping the ending (d) checking slides early
26. 26.True or false: “practising for family” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting it last night (b) practising the opening (c) testing slides on stage (d) never timing yourself
28. 28.True or false: “marking pauses on cards” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “testing slides on stage” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: trying the room first? (a) a good rehearsal habit (b) a poor rehearsal habit
31. 31.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: practising the opening? (a) a good rehearsal habit (b) a poor rehearsal habit
32. 32.Which of these is a poor rehearsal habit? (a) practising out loud (b) reading a full script (c) checking slides early (d) marking pauses on cards
33. 33.⏱️ Your practice run takes 4 minutes but the limit is 3. What should you do? (a) ignore the limit (b) cut, then time it again (c) drop the ending (d) speak much faster
34. 34.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: practising out loud? (a) a good rehearsal habit (b) a poor rehearsal habit
35. 35.True or false: “marking pauses on cards” is a poor rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.👪 Why practise in front of family or friends? (a) to tire them out (b) to win a prize (c) to skip practice (d) to get feedback
37. 37.True or false: “checking slides early” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔌 When should you check the slides and the microphone? (a) after the event (b) while speaking (c) never (d) before the event
39. 39.Which of these is a good rehearsal habit? (a) reading a full script (b) only reading silently (c) first try on the day (d) timing each run
40. 40.🔁 Good or poor rehearsal habit: rewriting it last night? (a) a poor rehearsal habit (b) a good rehearsal habit

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