Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 941 · 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 of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
9. 9.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
22. 22.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
29. 29.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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