Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 661 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
16. 16.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.🚨 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
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 13 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks

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