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Quiz on Communication Skills

1. Using audience members as examples or transitions in a speech is incredibly effective because it creates intimacy with the audience and more engagement. (a)   Intimacy with the audience         (b) you are able to engage the audience (c) Both (a) and (b)                             

2. You can speak better in front of an audience if, Instead of memorising the content, you.

(a) focus on concepts    (b) creating bullet points of the content, stories, data, and key takeaways    (c) speak naturally about them     (d) All of these

3. Best way to keep calm during a speech is?

(a)  stop thinking about yourself, your nervousness, and your fear            (b) focus on conveying a message to the audience  (c) no one is sitting with your script, so it is okay to forget a portion  of speech (d) visualise that the audience is leaving with one or two new ideas or a new perspective at the end of your speech.

4. Use affirmations and visualisation to raise your confidence. Affirmations mean _____________.

(a) I'm grateful I have the opportunity to help my audience (b) I'm going to do well    (c) I am excited to give a speech  (d) All of these

5. Think of your speech as a conversation that you're having with one person. Although your audience may be 100 people, focus on one friendly face at a time and talk to that person as if they are the only one in the room. True/False

6.  Tick the correct options. An individual appearing in SSB should Practice speaking

(a)  in front of a mirror                         (b) Speak at a quicker pace    

(c) managing interruptions like handling interruptions, such as sneezing or forgetting something   

7. Tick the correct options. English proficiency can be improved by

(a) listening to English news,              (b) reading English newspapers               (c) converting thoughts into English            (d) Using a dictionary to learn unfamiliar words

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8. Ways to improve communication skills include  ­­­­­­­­__________. (listening to others/trying to communicate even when in an emotional state)

9. Learn to understand and appreciate opposing points of view by being open-minded and making an effort to see things from another's ________________.

10. Group discussion will help you to develop communication skills. It will also let you meet new and exciting people.
11. Good communication skills help you open yourself up to better relationships, more career opportunities, and increased ____________.

12. All new skills take time to refine. However, you can develop good, even exceptional, communication skills with effort and practice.