Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 825 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.🗣️ In a 18-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
11. 11.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 12 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
13. 13.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
26. 26.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
31. 31.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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