Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 980 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
2. 2.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ 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
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
15. 15.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
18. 18.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
26. 26.✋ 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
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.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
36. 36.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
40. 40.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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