Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 630 · 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? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.🔄 In a class 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?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 3 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
32. 32.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
35. 35.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
38. 38.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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