Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 249 · 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: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
14. 14.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
15. 15.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
20. 20.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
28. 28.⏱️ A circle time lasts 20 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 6 minutes and Ananya for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
29. 29.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
33. 33.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 4 minutes and Ishaan for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
40. 40.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True

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