Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 316 · 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: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
8. 8.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
14. 14.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
26. 26.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
29. 29.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 20 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Saanvi for 5 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke

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