Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 696 · 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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
2. 2.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
11. 11.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 5 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
31. 31.✋ 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
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke

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