Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 264 · 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.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🗣️ In a 16-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
6. 6.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ 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
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.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Rohan speaks for 5 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Meera for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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