Public Speaking Worksheet: Final Test

Public speaking lesson 24: Final test: public speaking · Set 350 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Know it, then say it): Find the topic of the question: voice, body, words, structure, timing, slides, charts, questions or school events. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For number questions, write the calculation first: words = rate × minutes, the missing pie slice = 100 − the others.

1. 1.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: “How many of you walked to school today?” is a question hook. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.😰 Helpful or unhelpful for a nervous speaker: picturing it going well? (a) an unhelpful habit (b) a helpful habit
4. 4.🧐 Is this a fact or an opinion? “Plants need sunlight to make food.” (a) a fact (b) an opinion
5. 5.🥧 A pie chart shows how Riya uses her pocket money: 30% goes on books, 10% goes on snacks and the rest is saved. What percent is saved?
6. 6.📊 A bar chart shows how many children chose debate: Class 6 — 24, Class 7 — 13, Class 8 — 25. How many children is that in all?
7. 7.📋 In a school function, which usually comes first: the welcome address or the poem recitation? (a) the welcome address (b) the poem recitation
8. 8.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚫 Which opening should you avoid? (a) a surprising fact (b) a short story (c) starting with “sorry” (d) a question
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) interrupting the asker (d) admitting you don’t know
11. 11.🔎 Is this a specific example or a vague claim? “My grandfather walks 5 km every morning and feels fit at seventy.” (a) a vague claim (b) a specific example
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
13. 13.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) It is my privilege to (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
14. 14.✂️ Your speech is too long for the time limit. What should you do? (a) speak super fast (b) cut the weakest part (c) ignore the limit (d) skip the ending
15. 15.🏫 Which day suits an assembly speech on a thank-you to our teachers? (a) Independence Day (b) Republic Day (c) Teachers’ Day (d) World Environment Day
16. 16.🪝 What is the main job of a speech’s opening? (a) to grab attention (b) to end the speech (c) to fill time (d) to thank everyone
17. 17.True or false: “Some things are kind of helpful sometimes.” is a specific example. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is distracting body language? (a) facing the audience (b) open hands (c) swaying side to side (d) standing tall
20. 20.Which phrase adds another point? (a) On the other hand (b) Secondly (c) However (d) A good example is
21. 21.🖥️ Good or poor slide habit: ten fonts on one slide? (a) a poor slide habit (b) a good slide habit
22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
23. 23.True or false: a speech on what freedom means to me suits Independence Day. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.👀 In a big hall, how can you make eye contact with everyone? (a) close your eyes (b) look at one person (c) look at each section (d) look at the floor
25. 25.📊 A bar chart shows books read in a week: Red House 24, Blue House 17. How many more books did Red House read?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) s
27. 27.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
28. 28.🎙️ What is the anchor doing with this line? “Please stand for the National Anthem.” (a) closing the event (b) thanking performers (c) inviting a guest (d) introducing an item
29. 29.🖥️ Good or poor slide habit: a clear, large picture? (a) a poor slide habit (b) a good slide habit
30. 30.📊 Which chart best shows a city’s temperature every hour of one day? (a) a line chart (b) a bar chart (c) a pie chart
31. 31.🎯 A speech full of jokes and a funny story mainly aims… (a) to persuade (b) to inform (c) to entertain
32. 32.🏫 Which day suits an assembly speech on why India became a republic? (a) Independence Day (b) Teachers’ Day (c) World Environment Day (d) Republic Day
33. 33.🗂️ How should you arrange your cue cards? (a) loose and unnumbered (b) in random order (c) numbered, in order (d) backwards
34. 34.🎯 Which purpose usually ends with a call like “Join us!”? (a) to inform (b) to persuade (c) to entertain
35. 35.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a feeling (b) points to something (c) shows size (d) shows a number
36. 36.📊 Which chart best shows the heights of four different plants? (a) a bar chart (b) a line chart (c) a pie chart
37. 37.🏫 Which day suits an assembly speech on why teachers matter to us? (a) World Environment Day (b) Republic Day (c) Independence Day (d) Teachers’ Day
38. 38.⏱️ Aarav’s assembly talk has 480 words. At 120 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
40. 40.True or false: “It was a hot May afternoon at my grandmother’s village.” is the setting of the story. (a) False (b) True

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