Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 564 · 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.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
2. 2.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
13. 13.⏳ 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
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
15. 15.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
31. 31.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
33. 33.🗣️ In a 16-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”

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