Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 140 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
18. 18.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
31. 31.🗣️ In a 10-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand

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