Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 736 · 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.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
10. 10.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🗣️ 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
22. 22.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
33. 33.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
35. 35.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.🚨 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) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
40. 40.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 10 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 3 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?

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