Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 622 · 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: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
21. 21.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
25. 25.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
34. 34.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Rohan for 4 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
35. 35.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False

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