PACE Language Brief 001 | Structure Your Answer

PACE Language Brief 001

Structure Your Answer

A simple four-step framework for giving clear, confident answers in English.

Know what comes next.

When you’re asked a question in a meeting, you don’t have time to write the perfect answer first. You need a structure that helps you organise your thinking and communicate your answer clearly.

The PACE Framework

Four steps. One clear answer.

01

Position

What’s your view?

02

Reason

Why?

03

Example

What’s your evidence?

04

Conclusion

What do you recommend?

POSITION → REASON → EXAMPLE → CONCLUSION
Try It

Give yourself 30 seconds.

Should your company allow more employees to work remotely?

Give your answer using:

Position → Reason → Example → Conclusion

And don’t write the answer first. Think about the structure — then speak.

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