Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 300 · 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: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
17. 17.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
38. 38.✋ 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
39. 39.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
40. 40.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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