Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 893 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
25. 25.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
26. 26.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
35. 35.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Aarav for 3 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
36. 36.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk

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