Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 2 · 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: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
3. 3.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
7. 7.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
20. 20.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
26. 26.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.🔄 In a class 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?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
32. 32.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.✋ 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
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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