Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 792 · 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: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
26. 26.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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