Public Speaking Worksheet: Final Test

Public speaking lesson 24: Final test: public speaking · Set 48 · 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.True or false: “back to the audience” is helpful body language. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “How many of you walked to school today?” is a question hook. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.😰 Helpful or unhelpful for a nervous speaker: knowing your opening? (a) an unhelpful habit (b) a helpful habit
4. 4.True or false: “glancing down, then up” is good eye contact. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “using short cue cards” is a good rehearsal habit. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: for a city’s temperature every hour of one day, a bar chart is the best choice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.😰 Helpful or unhelpful for a nervous speaker: stretching your arms? (a) an unhelpful habit (b) a helpful habit
8. 8.🪝 Which is the stronger opening for a talk on trees? (a) “Trees. Yes. Trees.” (b) “A tree saved my road.”
9. 9.⏱️ How many words can Vihaan say in 3 and a half minutes at 140 words a minute?
10. 10.🖥️ Good or poor slide habit: one idea per slide? (a) a good slide habit (b) a poor slide habit
11. 11.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
12. 12.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) only big numbers (c) short, simple words (d) lots of difficult terms
15. 15.🪝 Which is the stronger opening for a talk on saving water? (a) “My topic is water.” (b) “Ever seen a dry tap?”
16. 16.🙌 What does raising two fingers do in a speech? (a) shows size (b) shows a feeling (c) points to something (d) shows a number
17. 17.True or false: “a calm thank-you” is a strong ending habit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.👋 How do you end an assembly speech? (a) walk off silently (b) turn your back (c) start a new topic (d) thank the audience
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.📝 What helps most to start a speech calmly? (a) knowing the opening well (b) skipping the opening (c) eating a huge meal (d) speaking very fast
21. 21.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
22. 22.True or false: “It was the first day of school after the summer break.” is the problem in the story. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏱️ Meera reads a 75-word debate speech at 150 words a minute. How many seconds does it take?
24. 24.📖 Which part of a story is this line? “It was the first day of school after the summer break.” (a) the problem (b) the setting (c) the solution
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) repeating the question (d) arguing angrily
26. 26.📊 A bar chart shows how many children chose debate: Class 6 — 26, Class 7 — 20, Class 8 — 16. How many children is that in all?
27. 27.True or false: “A big thank-you to our teachers, who worked hard behind the scenes.” belongs in a vote of thanks. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🗂️ How should you arrange your cue cards? (a) backwards (b) loose and unnumbered (c) numbered, in order (d) in random order
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
30. 30.🥧 In a pie chart, all the slices together make… (a) half of it (b) nothing (c) a straight line (d) the whole (100%)
31. 31.Which of these is a poor rehearsal habit? (a) practising out loud (b) practising the opening (c) only reading silently (d) using short cue cards
32. 32.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) thanking the audience
33. 33.📋 Before writing a speech, what should you decide first? (a) the font (b) its purpose (c) the stage colour (d) the ending music
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Firstly (b) Even so (c) To begin with (d) Let me start with
35. 35.Which of these is good eye contact? (a) watching one friend only (b) looking out the window (c) staring at the ceiling (d) including the back row
36. 36.Which of these is a formal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Guess what happened! (c) So, like, yeah (d) What’s up, everyone?
37. 37.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
38. 38.📰 When reading the news in assembly, you should… (a) add made-up news (b) mumble the headlines (c) speak clearly, not rush (d) read only sports news
39. 39.📅 On which date of September is Hindi Diwas?
40. 40.🪝 What kind of opening is this? “An octopus has three hearts.” (a) a question hook (b) a story hook (c) a fact hook (d) a weak opening

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