Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 497 · 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.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🗣️ 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
6. 6.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
17. 17.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
28. 28.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
30. 30.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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