Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 451 · 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: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🚨 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
3. 3.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
5. 5.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (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: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
19. 19.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
29. 29.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Ishaan for 3 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
39. 39.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”

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