Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 730 · 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: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
3. 3.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
7. 7.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ 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
14. 14.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
27. 27.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
34. 34.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
39. 39.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk

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