Debate Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Debate lesson 16: Part 2 test: formal debate · Set 40 · 40 questions

Debater's tip (Know the rules of the room): Find the topic of the question: motion, roles, order, timing, POI, judging, phrases or speech structure. Use that lesson’s tip — two sides; take turns, proposition first; speakers × minutes + breaks; short and polite; content, style, strategy; disagree with respect; PEEL. For number questions, write the calculation before you answer.

1. 1.🎤 Who decides which team wins? (a) the audience (b) the judges (c) the loudest team (d) the timekeeper
2. 2.🎤 In our format, which speaker brings no brand-new arguments? (a) the second speaker (b) the third speaker (c) the first speaker
3. 3.True or false: giving the team line in one sentence is a job of the first speaker. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is true of the opposition? (a) says “I beg to propose” (b) defines the key words (c) says “I beg to oppose” (d) must prove the motion
5. 5.🎤 In our 3-a-side format, whose job is this: defining the key words of the motion? (a) the second speaker (b) the third speaker (c) the first speaker
6. 6.🎤 In our 3-a-side format, whose job is this: adding fresh evidence for the team’s new points? (a) the second speaker (b) the third speaker (c) the first speaker
7. 7.🕒 In a junior debate, each of 6 speakers speaks for 60 seconds. How many minutes is that in all?
8. 8.Which of these is a good POI habit? (a) saying “On that point” (b) shouting from your seat (c) making a long speech (d) mocking the speaker
9. 9.📜 Is this a debatable motion? “This House would give every class a pet.” (a) debatable (b) not debatable
10. 10.🕒 A debate has 8 speakers who speak for 5 minutes each, plus 3 breaks of 3 minutes. How many minutes does the debate take in all?
11. 11.🕒 What should you do when the final bell rings? (a) start a new point (b) speak faster (c) ignore it (d) finish your sentence
12. 12.📝 Under which judging area is “strong evidence” marked? (a) content (b) style (c) strategy
13. 13.⚖️ Which side answers the proposition? (a) the proposition (b) the opposition
14. 14.🎤 A debate has 2 speakers on each side. The sides take turns and the proposition starts. In which position does the second proposition speaker speak?
15. 15.✋ Good or poor POI habit: asking a short question? (a) a good POI habit (b) a poor POI habit
16. 16.✋ Is the speaker accepting or declining a POI? “I must decline, thank you.” (a) accepting a POI (b) declining a POI
17. 17.📜 Is this a debatable motion? “This House believes summer holidays are too long.” (a) debatable (b) not debatable
18. 18.🎤 A debate has 3 speakers on each side. The sides take turns and the proposition starts. In which position does the first proposition speaker speak?
19. 19.📝 Answering the other side’s points shows good… (a) content (b) strategy (c) style
20. 20.🎤 In our 3-a-side format, whose job is this: bringing the last new arguments of the team? (a) the third speaker (b) the first speaker (c) the second speaker
21. 21.🕒 A speaker goes far over time. What usually happens? (a) nothing at all (b) they win (c) they can lose marks (d) they get a bonus
22. 22.✋ A speech is 3 minutes long. The first minute and the last minute are protected (no points of information). For how many minutes can points of information be offered?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) offering in mid-speech (b) offering nonstop (c) asking off-topic things (d) shouting from your seat
24. 24.📜 The team that argues for the motion is called… (a) the opposition (b) the proposition (c) the audience (d) the judges
25. 25.Which of these is a poor POI habit? (a) offering a fair point (b) standing up to offer (c) making a long speech (d) asking a short question
26. 26.Which of these is a good POI habit? (a) making a long speech (b) talking before accepted (c) offering nonstop (d) waiting to be accepted
27. 27.🎤 A debate has 3 speakers on each side. The sides take turns and the proposition starts. In which position does the second proposition speaker speak?
28. 28.🕒 A debate has 6 speakers who speak for 4 minutes each, plus 1 break of 2 minutes. How many minutes does the debate take in all?
29. 29.📜 Which words often begin a debate motion? (a) “This House…” (b) “Dear diary…” (c) “Once upon a time…” (d) “Breaking news…”
30. 30.🕒 Each speaker in a debate has 2 minutes, and there are no breaks. How many minutes after the start does the sixth speaker begin?
31. 31.True or false: “making a long speech” is a good POI habit. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💬 What does this line do in a debate speech? “My worthy opponent claimed it costs too much, but the facts say otherwise.” (a) rebuts a point (b) gives evidence (c) opens a speech (d) closes a speech
33. 33.⚖️ Which side is for the motion? (a) the opposition (b) the proposition
34. 34.✋ What does POI stand for? (a) point of interest (b) pause of input (c) point of information (d) piece of idea
35. 35.True or false: “This shows that regular exercise really makes us fitter.” is the Evidence (E). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “keeping it to 15 seconds” is a poor POI habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎤 In a 3-a-side debate, who speaks first: the 1st proposition speaker or the 2nd proposition speaker? (a) 1st proposition speaker (b) 2nd proposition speaker
38. 38.True or false: “talking before accepted” is a poor POI habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🕒 Each speaker in a debate has 2 minutes, and there are no breaks. How many minutes after the start does the third speaker begin?
40. 40.True or false: “This House believes spiders have eight legs.” is not debatable — it is a plain fact. (a) True (b) False

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