Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 41 · 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) none at all (b) about 50 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) about 20
2. 2.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the memorable last line? (a) greeting the audience (b) the memorable last line
3. 3.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point (c) a preview of the points (d) introducing the topic
4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
6. 6.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) a story proving a point (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
7. 7.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a story proving a point (c) the call to action (d) the main points
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the attention hook
10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or a summary of the points? (a) the attention hook (b) a summary of the points
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
12. 12.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) opening, body, closing
13. 13.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a story proving a point (b) the main points (c) reasons for your idea (d) the call to action
14. 14.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) greeting the audience (d) the main points
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) facts and examples (c) reasons for your idea (d) thanking the audience
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) reasons for your idea (d) a summary of the points
17. 17.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a new topic (c) a goodbye (d) nothing else
18. 18.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a summary of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a summary of the points
19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
20. 20.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a summary of the points (b) a preview of the points (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a preview of the points (b) facts and examples (c) the attention hook (d) greeting the audience
22. 22.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or the attention hook? (a) facts and examples (b) the attention hook
23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does greeting the audience belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
24. 24.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or the attention hook? (a) the call to action (b) the attention hook
26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
27. 27.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or reasons for your idea? (a) thanking the audience (b) reasons for your idea
28. 28.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the call to action
29. 29.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a summary of the points (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) greeting the audience
30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or facts and examples? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples
31. 31.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the attention hook or facts and examples? (a) the attention hook (b) facts and examples
32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or greeting the audience? (a) the memorable last line (b) greeting the audience
33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the memorable last line? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the memorable last line
34. 34.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) a summary of the points (c) greeting the audience (d) facts and examples
35. 35.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) facts and examples (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or a story proving a point? (a) greeting the audience (b) a story proving a point
37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) a summary of the points
39. 39.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) reasons for your idea
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the main points (d) the memorable last line

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