Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 23 · 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.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
4. 4.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
21. 21.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.✋ 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
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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