Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 568 · 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: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
4. 4.✋ 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
5. 5.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🗣️ In a 36-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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