Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 63 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
4. 4.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
14. 14.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 21 minutes. Diya speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
39. 39.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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