Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 693 · 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) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
2. 2.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
11. 11.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.⏳ 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
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
17. 17.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
19. 19.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
25. 25.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
34. 34.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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