Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 187 · 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.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
12. 12.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
20. 20.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
26. 26.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
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.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Arjun for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?

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