--- title: "10 More Simple Questions (UWT Question Set)" description: "Participants complete a short, ten-item literal comprehension worksheet individually under a three-minute timer, then review the answers together as a room." last_updated: "2026-09-07" canonical: "https://unitedwetransform.com/exercises/10-more-simple-questions/" --- # 10 More Simple Questions (UWT Question Set) Participants complete a short, ten-item literal comprehension worksheet individually under a three-minute timer, then review the answers together as a room. **Time:** 10 minutes. Based on the 3-minute quiz from TrainerBubble, expanded to 10 minutes to allow clear distribution, scoring, and brief debrief. **People:** 4 to 24. Individual work followed by whole-room answer check ## Choose this exercise **Purpose:** Focus attention on careful reading and detail orientation before detailed analytical or procedural work. **Use it when:** Use as a fast warmup after breaks or before sessions that require strict attention to written specifications. **Skip it when:** Skip when participants are fatigued by reading tests, or when working in groups with wide variations in language fluency or print literacy. ## Materials and tools - One printed copy of the Ten Questions Worksheet per participant - One pen or pencil per participant - One copy of the Facilitator Answer Key for the facilitator - A countdown timer visible to the room ## Before participants arrive 1. Print enough copies of the Ten Questions Worksheet for all participants. 2. Place one worksheet face down on each desk along with a pen. 3. Verify the timer is ready to run for exactly three minutes. ## Say this to open Please leave the paper face down on your desk. When I say start, turn it over. You have three minutes to answer ten short questions. Work on your own and read each question carefully. Start now. ## How to run it ### 1. Introduce and begin (1 minutes) Instruct participants to leave sheets face down. Speak the opening script, start the three-minute timer, and signal participants to turn sheets over. ### 2. Complete quiz (3 minutes) Participants work silently and individually. Give a warning when one minute remains. Call time at three minutes and ask everyone to put pens down. ### 3. Review answers (4 minutes) Read each answer aloud using the Facilitator Answer Key. Participants score their own papers. Clarify any question text literally without debating trick interpretation. ### 4. Debrief observations (2 minutes) Ask two brief debrief questions to the room. Invite two or three volunteers to share what caused any missed items. ## Debrief questions - Where did speed cause you to misread a word or instruction? - What habit helped you answer accurately under time pressure? **Finished output:** Self-scored ten-question worksheet kept privately by each participant. ## Remote Distribute the worksheet as an online form or locked digital document via a direct link. Instruct participants not to open the link until told. Start the three-minute clock. Call time, close the form submissions or have them look at their screens, then share the answer slide on screen while reading answers aloud. ## Hybrid In-person participants receive physical sheets face down. Remote participants receive a digital link at the exact same moment. Both groups work silently under the shared timer. Read answers aloud so both room audio and remote audio hear each item simultaneously. ## Access and participation choices - Offer an audio read-aloud option or enlarged print for participants with visual or print processing needs. - Scores are strictly private; participants may keep sheets face down during review and never need to disclose scores. ## If the session gets stuck **Participants turn over worksheets before the official start signal.** Remind the room calmly that the sheet must stay face down until the timer starts so everyone has equal time. **A participant argues about wording nuances or tricky interpretations.** Explain that every question relies strictly on literal wording without hidden riddles, and move promptly to the next question. ## Terms used here - Face down: Placing a printed page with the printed text against the table surface so it cannot be read before starting. ## Participant material: Ten Questions Worksheet TEN QUESTIONS WORKSHEET Instructions: Answer each question below. You have 3 minutes. 1. The list is: tea, water, juice, milk. Which item is immediately before juice? Answer: ____________________ 2. Write the first letter and the last letter of the word WINDOW, in that order. Answer: ____________________ 3. A folder has pages numbered 4, 5, 6 and 7. How many pages are listed? Answer: ____________________ 4. A task needs three cards per team. There are two teams. How many cards are needed? Answer: ____________________ 5. A notice says: The room opens at 10:00. The session begins 15 minutes later. When does the session begin? Answer: ____________________ 6. Read these words: green green blue green. How many times does green appear? Answer: ____________________ 7. Write NO if 12 is smaller than 7. Otherwise write YES. Answer: ____________________ 8. Take the word START and remove only its first letter. What letters remain? Answer: ____________________ 9. There are six seats. Two are reserved and nobody has arrived. How many seats are unreserved? Answer: ____________________ 10. Write the word DONE. Do not copy any other word from this question. Answer: ____________________ ## Participant material: Facilitator Answer Key FACILITATOR ANSWER KEY 1. water 2. W, W 3. 4 4. 6 5. 10:15 6. 3 7. YES (because 12 is not smaller than 7) 8. TART 9. 4 10. DONE ## Sources and adaptation Observed on TrainerBubble as an energiser download titled '10 More Simple Questions'. The original TrainerBubble activity describes a 3-minute timed 10-question handout placed face down, followed by reviewing answers. Because the original download questions are proprietary and not included in public page text, UWT supplied a fresh set of ten literal, non-trick questions, along with explicit facilitator timing, hybrid instructions, and self-scoring privacy. 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