Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 967 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
7. 7.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
8. 8.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
10. 10.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
24. 24.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
38. 38.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause

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