The speech bubble activity asks children to read short comments, such as getting a new video game, being grounded, looking forward to summer break or feeling very sad, then think of a question that shows interest in the other person.
This Asking Questions Worksheet for Conversation Skills is a printable PDF designed to help children and younger teens practise responding with thoughtful, relevant questions during everyday conversations. Parents, teachers, counsellors and social skills practitioners can use it to support learners who are developing confidence with follow-up questions, showing interest, taking turns and keeping a chat going.
The worksheet uses short speech bubble prompts about familiar situations, including interests, birthdays, disappointment, excitement, preferences and feeling upset. Learners can write their own questions or talk through possible responses with an adult, partner or small group. This makes it useful for social communication lessons, friendship skills work, counselling sessions, classroom wellbeing activities, intervention groups or home learning.
- Encourages active listening and curiosity about others
- Supports practice with reciprocal conversation and social cues
- Can be used as a worksheet, discussion prompt or role-play starter
- Suitable for printing, downloading or adding to planning folders
Use this resource to introduce the idea that good conversations often include questions that connect to what someone has just said. Adults can scribe answers, model one or two examples, or encourage children to explain why a question fits the situation. It can also be revisited for revision, warm-up activities or extra practice when a child needs more structure with conversation skills. This resource was created by MyleMarks.com.
