Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 560 · 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: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
6. 6.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
37. 37.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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