Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 881 · 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: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
5. 5.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
18. 18.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
23. 23.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 5 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
33. 33.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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