Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 824 · 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 of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
8. 8.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
9. 9.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
10. 10.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
22. 22.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
33. 33.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
35. 35.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
40. 40.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False

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