Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 223 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
9. 9.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
28. 28.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
31. 31.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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