Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 215 · 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: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
18. 18.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
35. 35.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”

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