Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 795 · 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: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
7. 7.⏳ 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
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
15. 15.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
20. 20.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 11 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
32. 32.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
39. 39.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand

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