Dealing with Questions Practice

Exercise 1. Work with a partner. Ask each other questions below.

1. Will you prefer questions during or after the presentation? Why?

2. How will you prepare for the question period?

3. How will you deal with questions you don’t want to answer?

4. What will you do if you can’t answer the question?

Exercise 2. Match two phrases with similar meaning.

Exercise 3. Complete each sentence with a word on the right.

example: Let me round up. say / round / do

Exercise 4. Match a phrase on the left with the appropriate phrase on the right.

Exercise 5. Look at the suggested questions and try to make them more polite.

Are there any other options?

What would that mean for us?

How do we compare with other projects?

Will we cooperate with other Universities of the UK?

How did she arrive at these results?

Are there any figures to back this up?

1. May I ask if there are any other options?

2. Do you mind telling me ________________?

3. May I ask____________________________?

4. Can you tell me_______________________?

5. Would you mind telling me______________?

6. Could you tell me______________________?

Exercise 6. Now match the questions from above to the answers.

a) Of course. Basically we have two alternatives…

b) Well, first of all, more work for each of us.

c) Yes, we will. I’ve already contacted the London University.

d) Yes. As I said earlier, I’ll be passing out handouts with the latest data.

e) Very well. At the moment we are on the top.

f) Not at all. They are based on the latest study.

Exercise 7. Decide whether the sentences below are correct or not. Put С if they are correct and I if they are incorrect. Try to correct them.

example: I I'd prefer to answer your question in (at) the end.