Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 405 · 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? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.🗣️ In a 36-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
9. 9.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
13. 13.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Arjun for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
35. 35.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence

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