Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 220 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Tell, explain, remind): Opening: greeting, hook, topic, a preview of the points. Body: the main points (about 2 or 3 in a short speech), each with an example or a reason. Closing: a summary, the call to action, thanks and a memorable last line.

1. 1.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) none at all (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
2. 2.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the call to action (b) a preview of the points (c) the main points (d) the attention hook
3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) a story proving a point (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
5. 5.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a story proving a point
6. 6.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
7. 7.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or a summary of the points? (a) a story proving a point (b) a summary of the points
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
9. 9.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or reasons for your idea? (a) the call to action (b) reasons for your idea
10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
11. 11.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, closing, body (b) body, closing, opening (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
12. 12.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or greeting the audience? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) thanking the audience
14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the attention hook? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook
15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or a story proving a point? (a) a summary of the points (b) a story proving a point
16. 16.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the main points (d) the call to action
19. 19.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) the memorable last line (d) the call to action
20. 20.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) introducing the topic (d) the call to action
21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
24. 24.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) facts and examples (c) a summary of the points (d) introducing the topic
25. 25.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the memorable last line (b) the attention hook (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
26. 26.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) facts and examples
27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
28. 28.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a new topic (b) an example or a reason (c) nothing else (d) a goodbye
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) reasons for your idea (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or thanking the audience? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience
33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or reasons for your idea? (a) the memorable last line (b) reasons for your idea
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) reasons for your idea
35. 35.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
36. 36.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) the memorable last line
37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the audience (b) a summary of the points (c) the call to action (d) a preview of the points
39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or the call to action? (a) the main points (b) the call to action
40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing

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