Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 151 · 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: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🗣️ In a 9-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
9. 9.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
13. 13.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
16. 16.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 20 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 6 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
33. 33.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
35. 35.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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