Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 600 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
9. 9.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
10. 10.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
20. 20.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
22. 22.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
32. 32.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
40. 40.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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