Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 816 · 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) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.🚨 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) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
6. 6.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
24. 24.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
26. 26.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Kabir speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 5 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
37. 37.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 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) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk

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