Public Speaking

Exercises

Read Public Speaking and then work on these exercises.

When you finish, click on "check your answers" to see if your answers are correct. If any of your answers were incorrect, click "Try again!!" You will see only the questions you answered incorrectly. When you finish, click "check your answers" again.

Your work will be timed, so work as fast as possible.

Skimming Exercise

Fill in the blank with a word or a phrase.

1 What is important?

The ability to in public is important.

2 What do you do in an informative speech?

In an informative speech, you about a certain topic.

3 When you are planning a speech, what is the first thing you need to do?

When you are planning a speech, the first thing you need to do is to make of the speech clear in your own mind.


True/False Questions

If the statement is true, type "t", and if false, type "f". If the information is not given in the passage, type "na".

1 The most common type of speech is the informative speech.

2 In a persuasive speech, a speaker tries to get the audience to do or believe something.

3 It is important to make the purpose of the speech clear to yourself, but some speakers don't do this.

4 You must use the sentence you write about your purposes in your speech.

5 You only need to find as much information through your research as you actually need in your speech.

6 As you are writing your speech, you need to decide how formal to be, whether to use technical terms, etc.

7 In any situation, it is good to use a lot of audio-visual aids.

8 You write the introduction to your speech first.

9 It is important to time yourself so you can finish your speech within the time allowed, without too much time left over.

10 You should keep your tone of voice the same throughout the the speech.