Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 350 · 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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
16. 16.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
26. 26.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name

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