Public Speaking Worksheet: Final Test

Public speaking lesson 24: Final test: public speaking · Set 381 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🥧 A pie chart shows how Class 6 children come to school: 30% walk, 45% come by bus and the rest cycle. What percent cycle?
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
7. 7.True or false: “Um, so, I am going to talk about trees, I guess.” is a weak opening. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🪧 What does the phrase “Take the case of” do in a speech? (a) gives an example (b) starts the first point (c) shows a contrast (d) adds another point
9. 9.Which of these is a weak ending habit? (a) a clear last line (b) pausing before the end (c) apologising at the end (d) ending on time
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) introducing the topic (d) greeting the audience
11. 11.🧍 How should you stand at the microphone? (a) swaying to and fro (b) leaning on one leg (c) hopping on the spot (d) tall, feet steady
12. 12.🏁 Why does the last line of a speech matter so much? (a) it can be skipped (b) it must be a joke (c) it sticks in the mind (d) nobody hears it
13. 13.📅 On which date of September is Teachers’ Day celebrated in India?
14. 14.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
15. 15.True or false: for what share of your 24-hour day goes on sleep, school and play, a pie chart is the best choice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: “Um, so, I am going to talk about trees, I guess.” is a question hook. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🙌 What does holding up three fingers do in a speech? (a) shows a number (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows size
19. 19.🙂 Which expression suits telling a happy holiday memory? (a) a surprised look (b) a serious face (c) a warm smile
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) keeping your chin up (c) mumbling (d) sipping water before
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) I would like to begin by (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Good morning, respected
22. 22.True or false: “It was the night before the science fair, and our volcano would not erupt.” is a story hook. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
24. 24.True or false: “A week has seven days.” is an opinion. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
27. 27.👀 About how long should you look at one person before moving on? (a) a few seconds (b) the whole speech (c) not at all (d) a few minutes
28. 28.📖 Which part of a story is this line? “Just then, the bus drove off without us.” (a) the setting (b) the solution (c) the problem
29. 29.🎁 In show-and-tell, what should you do with the object? (a) cover it with a cloth (b) hide it behind you (c) hold it up to show (d) keep it in your bag
30. 30.True or false: “Who here has ever lost a ball in a neighbour’s garden?” is a fact hook. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏱️ Rohan’s assembly talk has 520 words. At 130 words a minute, how many minutes will it take?
32. 32.True or false: “We all held the poles together until the rain stopped.” is how the story is solved. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
34. 34.True or false: “So we saw three things: trees cool us, clean our air and give us food.” is a link to the opening. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) foreign (c) knot (d) raspberry
36. 36.True or false: “The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth.” is a question hook. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📋 In which part of a school function does the group song usually come? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the middle
38. 38.⏱️ How many words can Kabir say in 3 and a half minutes at 100 words a minute?
39. 39.🪝 What kind of opening is this? “One morning, Ravi’s grandmother handed him an old wooden box.” (a) a fact hook (b) a question hook (c) a weak opening (d) a story hook
40. 40.True or false: a speech on what freedom means to me suits Independence Day. (a) True (b) False

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