Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 359 · 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: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.⏳ 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
13. 13.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
20. 20.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
24. 24.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
34. 34.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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