Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 53 · 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) walk away (b) pretend you heard (c) guess and answer (d) politely ask again
2. 2.True or false: “That is a silly question.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) a ten-minute answer (d) repeating the question
5. 5.🙋 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
6. 6.🙋 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
7. 7.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
8. 8.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Does that help?” (b) “Any more silly ones?” (c) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (d) “Happy now?”
9. 9.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or check if it helped? (a) thank the asker (b) check if it helped
10. 10.🙋 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
11. 11.True or false: “Ask someone else.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
13. 13.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
14. 14.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) interrupting the asker (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) looking at everyone
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) answering only friends (d) repeating the question
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at everyone (b) repeating the question (c) a ten-minute answer (d) thanking the asker
18. 18.🙋 What does “Q&A” stand for? (a) quiz and award (b) questions and answers (c) queue and arrive (d) quick and amazing
19. 19.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) look at your notes (b) listen till they finish (c) start packing up (d) interrupt them
20. 20.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) take them one by one (b) ignore them all (c) answer only friends (d) shout over them
21. 21.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
23. 23.🙋 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
24. 24.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
25. 25.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: interrupting the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
26. 26.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) a ten-minute answer (b) interrupting the asker (c) thanking the asker (d) making up an answer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) admitting you don’t know (b) staying calm (c) making up an answer (d) thanking the asker
28. 28.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
29. 29.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
30. 30.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
31. 31.True or false: “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rolling your eyes (b) arguing angrily (c) answering only friends (d) keeping answers short
34. 34.🙋 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
35. 35.True or false: “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) staying calm (d) arguing angrily
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) rolling your eyes
39. 39.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) staying calm (b) repeating the question (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
40. 40.🙋 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

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