Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 755 · 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.✋ 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
8. 8.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
18. 18.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
25. 25.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 6 minutes and Saanvi for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause

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