Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 166 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
2. 2.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
18. 18.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
20. 20.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
28. 28.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
36. 36.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
38. 38.🗣️ 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”

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