Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 617 · 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.✋ 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
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
13. 13.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⏳ 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
31. 31.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
34. 34.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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