Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 655 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
11. 11.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
20. 20.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Ananya speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 3 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
23. 23.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
29. 29.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
33. 33.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
38. 38.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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