Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 431 · 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? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
4. 4.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
18. 18.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
32. 32.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 13 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
34. 34.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?

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