Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 53 · 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) about 20 (c) about 2 or 3 (d) none at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) introducing the topic (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
3. 3.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) thanking the audience (b) the memorable last line (c) the attention hook (d) a story proving a point
4. 4.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) a preview of the points
7. 7.🧱 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the main points (c) thanking the audience (d) a summary of the points
9. 9.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) opening, body, closing (b) closing, opening, body (c) opening, closing, body (d) body, closing, opening
10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the memorable last line or a story proving a point? (a) the memorable last line (b) a story proving a point
11. 11.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) a preview of the points (b) greeting the audience (c) introducing the topic (d) the main points
12. 12.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) a preview of the points (b) the main points (c) a summary of the points (d) a story proving a point
13. 13.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or a summary of the points? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a summary of the points
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the main points (b) a story proving a point (c) facts and examples (d) the memorable last line
15. 15.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
16. 16.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a preview of the points (b) reasons for your idea
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the attention hook (b) introducing the topic (c) a preview of the points (d) the call to action
18. 18.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) facts and examples (d) thanking the audience
19. 19.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) introducing the topic (b) greeting the audience (c) a story proving a point (d) a preview of the points
21. 21.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
22. 22.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) a goodbye (b) a new topic (c) an example or a reason (d) nothing else
23. 23.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) greeting the audience (b) introducing the topic (c) reasons for your idea (d) the attention hook
25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or a preview of the points? (a) facts and examples (b) a preview of the points
26. 26.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the call to action (b) a summary of the points (c) thanking the audience (d) facts and examples
28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or the attention hook? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the attention hook
29. 29.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) the attention hook (b) a story proving a point (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
30. 30.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
31. 31.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) thanking the audience (b) the attention hook (c) facts and examples (d) a story proving a point
32. 32.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a preview of the points or the memorable last line? (a) a preview of the points (b) the memorable last line
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) facts and examples (d) the main points
36. 36.🧱 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
37. 37.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the attention hook (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
38. 38.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) thanking the audience (c) a preview of the points (d) the memorable last line
39. 39.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or the call to action? (a) greeting the audience (b) the call to action
40. 40.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening

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