Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 199 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Listen, thank, answer, check): Steps: 1 listen to the whole question, 2 thank the asker, 3 answer briefly, 4 check if it helped. Polite: “Great question — thank you.”, “I am not sure, but I will find out.”, “Could you please repeat the question?” Impolite: “That is a silly question.”, “I already said that.”, “Ask someone else.” Take questions one by one, fairly.

1. 1.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) pretend you heard (b) guess and answer (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
2. 2.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Does that help?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Wasn’t it obvious?”
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
4. 4.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) admitting you don’t know
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) staying calm (d) interrupting the asker
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) arguing angrily (d) staying calm
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) interrupt them (b) start packing up (c) listen till they finish (d) look at your notes
12. 12.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or check if it helped? (a) answer briefly (b) check if it helped
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping answers short (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) interrupting the asker
14. 14.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) a ten-minute answer (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
16. 16.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) admitting you don’t know (c) repeating the question (d) staying calm
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
18. 18.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or answer briefly? (a) check if it helped (b) answer briefly
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) arguing angrily (d) admitting you don’t know
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
22. 22.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) ignore them all (c) take them one by one (d) shout over them
23. 23.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) a ten-minute answer (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
24. 24.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) repeating the question
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) a ten-minute answer (c) thanking the asker (d) answering only friends
26. 26.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
27. 27.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
28. 28.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
30. 30.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
31. 31.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or check if it helped? (a) listen to the question (b) check if it helped
35. 35.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: listen to the question or answer briefly? (a) listen to the question (b) answer briefly
36. 36.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
37. 37.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or listen to the question? (a) check if it helped (b) listen to the question
38. 38.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
40. 40.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply

Free public speaking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/public-speaking-for-kids