Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 380 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
4. 4.⏳ 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
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
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.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
21. 21.🗣️ In a 8-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 21 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
23. 23.✋ 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
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
27. 27.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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