Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 17 · 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: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
5. 5.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
6. 6.🗣️ 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
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
9. 9.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
14. 14.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
15. 15.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 23 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Ishaan for 6 minutes and Tara for 5 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
24. 24.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
34. 34.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short

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