Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 397 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🗣️ In a 6-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
13. 13.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
35. 35.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
38. 38.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short

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