Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 745 · 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.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
3. 3.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
8. 8.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
9. 9.🔍 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
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
12. 12.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) change seats
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
16. 16.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
28. 28.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
31. 31.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.🔄 In a circle time, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 12 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Diya for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
38. 38.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke

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