Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 929 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
30. 30.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 3 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
32. 32.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
34. 34.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
40. 40.✋ 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

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