Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 393 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
22. 22.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
28. 28.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
35. 35.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
40. 40.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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