Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 979 · 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: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.🚨 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
5. 5.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
12. 12.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
24. 24.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
25. 25.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
35. 35.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
36. 36.✋ 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
37. 37.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone

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