Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 668 · 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: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.⏳ 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
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
9. 9.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
11. 11.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
22. 22.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
24. 24.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
31. 31.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
34. 34.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 4 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Kabir for 5 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.✋ 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

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