Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 613 · 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 polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🚨 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
3. 3.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🔄 In a project 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?
8. 8.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🗣️ In a 8-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
25. 25.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
29. 29.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 20 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
34. 34.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
35. 35.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk

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