Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 312 · 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.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or listen to the question? (a) thank the asker (b) listen to the question
2. 2.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a silly question.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) thanking the asker (c) looking at everyone (d) making up an answer
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) interrupting the asker (c) arguing angrily (d) looking at everyone
5. 5.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) keeping answers short (b) staying calm (c) repeating the question (d) interrupting the asker
6. 6.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) a ten-minute answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) thanking the asker
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
8. 8.🙋 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) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
9. 9.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) ignore the question (b) laugh at the asker (c) say you will find out (d) make up an answer
10. 10.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) thanking the asker (c) rolling your eyes (d) looking at everyone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing angrily (b) interrupting the asker (c) staying calm (d) answering only friends
13. 13.🙋 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
14. 14.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) staying calm (c) a ten-minute answer (d) keeping answers short
16. 16.🙋 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) admitting you don’t know (c) thanking the asker (d) repeating the question
18. 18.🙋 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
19. 19.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) making up an answer (c) arguing angrily (d) keeping answers short
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
21. 21.🙋 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
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
23. 23.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
24. 24.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
25. 25.🙋 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
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) a ten-minute answer
27. 27.🙋 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
28. 28.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) start packing up (b) look at your notes (c) listen till they finish (d) interrupt them
29. 29.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) arguing angrily (b) repeating the question (c) looking at everyone (d) admitting you don’t know
30. 30.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) take them one by one (c) shout over them (d) answer only friends
31. 31.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) rolling your eyes (b) answering only friends (c) looking at everyone (d) making up an answer
32. 32.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🙋 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
34. 34.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Happy now?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Does that help?”
35. 35.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
37. 37.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: a ten-minute answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: arguing angrily? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) admitting you don’t know (c) arguing angrily (d) thanking the asker

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