Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 835 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
7. 7.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
9. 9.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
14. 14.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.🗣️ In a 6-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
29. 29.🔄 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?
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Ishaan for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
33. 33.🚨 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
34. 34.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
39. 39.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True

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