Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 450 · 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.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ 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
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: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Arjun for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
32. 32.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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