Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 145 · 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: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🚨 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
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
16. 16.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Nisha speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
19. 19.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
23. 23.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
40. 40.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False

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