Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 811 · 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: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
8. 8.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
10. 10.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
11. 11.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ 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
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
24. 24.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
27. 27.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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