Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 463 · 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: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
10. 10.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
14. 14.🗣️ In a 8-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
28. 28.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
30. 30.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 3 minutes and Ananya for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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