Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 340 · 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: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
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.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
11. 11.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
15. 15.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
17. 17.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
20. 20.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 6 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
29. 29.⏳ 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
30. 30.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.🗣️ In a 25-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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