Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 208 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
5. 5.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
9. 9.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
12. 12.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
14. 14.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
36. 36.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
40. 40.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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