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Group Discussion Worksheet: Summarising

Debate lesson 21: Summarising a GD · Set 726 · 40 questions
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Debater's tip (Short, balanced, nothing new): Order: restate the topic → points in favour → points against → where we agreed. Good: both sides, the main points, short and clear, neutral, key facts, a clear last line. Poor: only your view, a new point, a long repeat of everything, leaving out a side, blaming others.

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  1. 1.🧾 About how long is a GD summary? (a) about ten minutes (b) just one word (c) about a minute (d) about an hour
  2. 2.🧾 When is the summary of a GD given? (a) in the middle (b) at the start (c) at the end
  3. 3.🧾 In a GD summary, which comes first: points against or where we agreed? (a) points against (b) where we agreed
  4. 4.🧾 In a GD summary, which comes first: points in favour or where we agreed? (a) points in favour (b) where we agreed
  5. 5.🧾 A GD summary should be… (a) long and one-sided (b) new and surprising (c) short and balanced
  6. 6.True or false: “leaving out one side” is part of a poor GD summary. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is part of a poor GD summary? (a) mentioning key facts (b) staying neutral (c) trailing off (d) covering both sides
  8. 8.🧾 In a GD summary, which comes first: restate the topic or points against? (a) restate the topic (b) points against
  9. 9.Which of these is part of a poor GD summary? (a) staying neutral (b) starting a new debate (c) mentioning key facts (d) a clear last line
  10. 10.Which of these is part of a good GD summary? (a) trailing off (b) getting facts wrong (c) blaming others (d) mentioning key facts
  11. 11.🧾 Good or poor summary: blaming others? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  12. 12.🧾 Good or poor summary: adding a new point? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  13. 13.🧾 Good or poor summary: naming the main points? (a) a good summary (b) a poor summary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving out one side (b) adding a new point (c) starting a new debate (d) mentioning key facts
  15. 15.🧾 Good or poor summary: no new arguments? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  16. 16.True or false: “starting a new debate” is part of a good GD summary. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧾 A good summary includes the views of… (a) only you (b) the whole group (c) only your friends (d) only the first speaker
  18. 18.Which of these is part of a poor GD summary? (a) being short and clear (b) covering both sides (c) staying neutral (d) leaving out one side
  19. 19.🧾 Good or poor summary: trailing off? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  20. 20.🧾 Good or poor summary: starting a new debate? (a) a good summary (b) a poor summary
  21. 21.🧾 Good or poor summary: being short and clear? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  22. 22.🧾 In a GD summary, which comes first: where we agreed or restate the topic? (a) where we agreed (b) restate the topic
  23. 23.Which of these is part of a poor GD summary? (a) naming the main points (b) a clear last line (c) adding a new point (d) no new arguments
  24. 24.🧾 Should a summary add new points? (a) yes (b) no
  25. 25.True or false: “only your own view” is part of a poor GD summary. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only your own view (b) blaming others (c) trailing off (d) being short and clear
  27. 27.🧾 Good or poor summary: getting facts wrong? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming others (b) staying neutral (c) getting facts wrong (d) only your own view
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long repeat of all (b) leaving out one side (c) naming the main points (d) starting a new debate
  30. 30.Which of these is part of a good GD summary? (a) leaving out one side (b) blaming others (c) only your own view (d) covering both sides
  31. 31.True or false: “blaming others” is part of a poor GD summary. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering both sides (b) leaving out one side (c) getting facts wrong (d) only your own view
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off (b) only your own view (c) a clear last line (d) adding a new point
  34. 34.True or false: “naming the main points” is part of a poor GD summary. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “blaming others” is part of a good GD summary. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧾 Good or poor summary: a clear last line? (a) a good summary (b) a poor summary
  37. 37.🧾 Good or poor summary: staying neutral? (a) a poor summary (b) a good summary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no new arguments (b) saying where we agreed (c) a long repeat of all (d) being short and clear
  39. 39.Which of these is part of a good GD summary? (a) staying neutral (b) trailing off (c) getting facts wrong (d) a long repeat of all
  40. 40.🧾 Good or poor summary: a long repeat of all? (a) a good summary (b) a poor summary

Answer key

  1. about a minute
  2. at the end
  3. points against
  4. points in favour
  5. short and balanced
  6. True
  7. trailing off
  8. restate the topic
  9. starting a new debate
  10. mentioning key facts
  11. a poor summary
  12. a poor summary
  13. a good summary
  14. mentioning key facts
  15. a good summary
  16. False
  17. the whole group
  18. leaving out one side
  19. a poor summary
  20. a poor summary
  21. a good summary
  22. restate the topic
  23. adding a new point
  24. no
  25. True
  26. being short and clear
  27. a poor summary
  28. staying neutral
  29. naming the main points
  30. covering both sides
  31. True
  32. covering both sides
  33. a clear last line
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a good summary
  37. a good summary
  38. a long repeat of all
  39. staying neutral
  40. a poor summary

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