Group Discussion Worksheet: Evaluation
Debater's tip (Quality, listening, teamwork): Earns marks: clear, relevant points; listening; polite disagreement; leading without bossing; a good summary; bringing in quiet ones. Loses marks: talking over others, saying nothing, going off topic, personal comments, repeating others, losing your temper. In a scene, the best member is the one whose behaviour helps the whole group think and agree.
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- 1.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) polite disagreement (b) saying nothing (c) listening to others (d) a good summary
- 2.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: losing your temper? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
- 3.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) clear, relevant points (c) repeating others (d) listening to others
- 4.True or false: “bringing in quiet ones” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: repeating others? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
- 6.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) repeating others (b) listening to others (c) saying nothing (d) losing your temper
- 7.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) clear, relevant points (b) losing your temper (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) polite disagreement
- 8.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) a good summary (b) polite disagreement (c) talking over others (d) clear, relevant points
- 9.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Ananya laughed at a classmate’s idea; Kabir interrupted others again and again; Meera gave three short, fresh points backed by facts. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Ananya (c) Meera
- 10.True or false: “personal comments” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔭 What does a GD evaluator watch most? (a) your handwriting (b) your clothes (c) your height (d) how you take part
- 12.🔭 In a GD, good leadership means… (a) bossing everyone (b) speaking the most (c) choosing the winner (d) guiding the group fairly
- 13.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Aarav disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish; Vihaan argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Tara stayed silent for the whole discussion. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Tara (c) Vihaan
- 14.True or false: “listening to others” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “bringing in quiet ones” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Vihaan interrupted others again and again; Ananya argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Riya started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Vihaan (c) Riya
- 17.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) going off topic (b) personal comments (c) talking over others (d) bringing in quiet ones
- 18.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Rohan laughed at a classmate’s idea; Ishaan started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides; Saanvi interrupted others again and again. Who did best? (a) Rohan (b) Ishaan (c) Saanvi
- 19.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Aarav argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Ishaan only repeated what others had already said; Vihaan gave three short, fresh points backed by facts. Who did best? (a) Ishaan (b) Aarav (c) Vihaan
- 20.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Ananya interrupted others again and again; Saanvi went off topic to talk about a film; Rohan listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Rohan (c) Saanvi
- 21.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) listening to others (c) going off topic (d) a good summary
- 22.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Arjun interrupted others again and again; Kabir listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Vihaan argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Vihaan (c) Arjun
- 23.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Aarav disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish; Kabir went off topic to talk about a film; Meera only repeated what others had already said. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Meera (c) Kabir
- 24.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Saanvi stayed silent for the whole discussion; Rohan interrupted others again and again; Tara built on two classmates’ points and added a new example. Who did best? (a) Rohan (b) Saanvi (c) Tara
- 25.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: leading without bossing? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
- 26.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Meera invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic; Aarav laughed at a classmate’s idea; Vihaan argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Meera (c) Vihaan
- 27.True or false: “losing your temper” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Vihaan interrupted others again and again; Tara listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Riya went off topic to talk about a film. Who did best? (a) Tara (b) Riya (c) Vihaan
- 29.🔭 Does speaking the most guarantee high marks? (a) yes, always (b) no, quality counts
- 30.True or false: “saying nothing” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔭 Who usually impresses an evaluator more? (a) the silent member (b) the loudest speaker (c) the fastest talker (d) a clear, fair speaker
- 32.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Vihaan only repeated what others had already said; Arjun gave three short, fresh points backed by facts; Meera interrupted others again and again. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Arjun (c) Vihaan
- 33.True or false: “clear, relevant points” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Rohan disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish; Ishaan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Saanvi only repeated what others had already said. Who did best? (a) Rohan (b) Saanvi (c) Ishaan
- 35.True or false: “polite disagreement” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Rohan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Meera interrupted others again and again; Vihaan built on two classmates’ points and added a new example. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Rohan (c) Vihaan
- 37.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: bringing in quiet ones? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
- 38.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Saanvi went off topic to talk about a film; Ananya disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish; Aarav only repeated what others had already said. Who did best? (a) Saanvi (b) Aarav (c) Ananya
- 39.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: polite disagreement? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
- 40.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Vihaan started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides; Nisha laughed at a classmate’s idea; Ananya interrupted others again and again. Who did best? (a) Nisha (b) Ananya (c) Vihaan
Answer key
- saying nothing
- loses marks
- repeating others
- False
- loses marks
- listening to others
- losing your temper
- talking over others
- Meera
- True
- how you take part
- guiding the group fairly
- Aarav
- False
- True
- Riya
- bringing in quiet ones
- Ishaan
- Vihaan
- Rohan
- going off topic
- Kabir
- Aarav
- Tara
- earns marks
- Meera
- True
- Tara
- no, quality counts
- True
- a clear, fair speaker
- Arjun
- True
- Rohan
- True
- Vihaan
- earns marks
- Ananya
- earns marks
- Vihaan
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