Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 309 · 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.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) queue and arrive (b) quick and amazing (c) questions and answers (d) quiz and award
2. 2.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) answer only friends (b) shout over them (c) take them one by one (d) ignore them all
3. 3.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) say you will find out (c) ignore the question (d) make up an answer
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) arguing angrily (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
5. 5.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) staying calm (c) keeping answers short (d) admitting you don’t know
7. 7.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
8. 8.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
9. 9.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) staying calm
11. 11.🙋 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
12. 12.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) repeating the question (b) interrupting the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
13. 13.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
15. 15.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: check if it helped or thank the asker? (a) check if it helped (b) thank the asker
16. 16.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Does that help?” (d) “Happy now?”
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) arguing angrily
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
21. 21.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) guess and answer (c) politely ask again (d) pretend you heard
24. 24.🙋 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
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: staying calm? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) keeping answers short (c) interrupting the asker (d) making up an answer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) thanking the asker (c) answering only friends (d) arguing angrily
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) thanking the asker
29. 29.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🙋 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) answering only friends (c) a ten-minute answer (d) interrupting the asker
33. 33.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
34. 34.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
35. 35.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) a ten-minute answer (c) making up an answer (d) repeating the question
36. 36.🙋 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) admitting you don’t know (c) looking at everyone (d) a ten-minute answer
38. 38.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
40. 40.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False

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