Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 662 · 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.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
9. 9.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
21. 21.✋ 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
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
31. 31.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Rohan for 5 minutes and Tara for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
36. 36.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
39. 39.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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