Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 671 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🗣️ In a 16-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.⏳ 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
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ In a 6-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
34. 34.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ 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

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