Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 784 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
5. 5.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.🚨 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) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 13 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
18. 18.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ 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
22. 22.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.🗣️ In a 18-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🗣️ In a 9-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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