Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 342 · 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: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
9. 9.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
17. 17.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 13 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
21. 21.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.🗣️ In a 30-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
26. 26.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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