Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 516 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
3. 3.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
15. 15.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
20. 20.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
23. 23.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
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) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
29. 29.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ 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
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking

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