Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 785 · 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: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
13. 13.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
15. 15.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
17. 17.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
27. 27.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.🗣️ In a 36-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.✋ 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
38. 38.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Nisha for 6 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence

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