Presenting in English - Quiz 3

Article and voice by David Harper

  

Quiz questions and activity by Steven Starry - (Alcorcón, Villaviciosa, Leganés)

Choose the correct answer for each question. After this activity click on "Next Activity" above.
Elige la respuesta correcta para cada pregunta. Si quieres continuar con otra actividad, haz click en el botón "Next Activity" que aparece arriba.

1. What's the obvious problem when presenting in a different language?

   1.   ?    nerves
   2.   ?    reducing the amount of thinking on your feet
   3.   ?    reducing the mental effort
   4.   ?    navigating your way through the stages of the presentation

2. How can you reduce your nerves when giving a presentation?

   1.   ?    by concentrating on your nerves
   2.   ?    by reducing the amount of thinking you have to do on your feet
   3.   ?    by carefully planning your presentation
   4.   ?    by navigating your way through the stages of the presentation

3. Why should you prepare your introduction beforehand?

   1.   ?    because you will be able to ease your way into your presentation
   2.   ?    because it's nerve-racking to improvise the introduction
   3.   ?    because you might forget to leave the audience with the important points of your presentation clear in their minds.

4. Which of the following points shouldn't you do in your presentaion?

   1.   ?    talk precisely and clearly
   2.   ?    use emphasis and pauses to ‘punctuate’ your points
   3.   ?    Keep your hands above your waist
   4.   ?    use movement and body language to complement your voice in putting across your message
   5.   ?    it's ok to turn your back on your audience
   6.   ?    read verbatim from the displayed text

5. What should you keep with your notes?

   1.   ?    the timings
   2.   ?    the presentation
   3.   ?    the paper where you wrote or typed the text of your talk

6. What should you make sure that you have available in order to be able to check your timings?

   1.   ?    a wall clock
   2.   ?    a wrist-watch
   3.   ?    a timer
   4.   ?    a mobile phone
   5.   ?    a verbatim

7. What phrase could you use when you want to begin your presentation?

   1.   ?    To start off then
   2.   ?    To move on to my next point
   3.   ?    To go back to what I was saying
   4.   ?    To give you an example of what I mean
   5.   ?    To digress for a moment
   6.   ?    To summarise
   7.   ?    To sum up then

8. What phrase could you use when you want to conclude your presentation?

   1.   ?    To start off then
   2.   ?    To move on to my next point
   3.   ?    To go back to what I was saying
   4.   ?    To give you an example of what I mean
   5.   ?    To digress for a moment
   6.   ?    To summarise
   7.   ?    To sum up then