Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 111 · 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.✋ 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.🗣️ In a 10-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.⏳ 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
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 12 minutes. Arjun speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 4 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 4 minutes and Rohan for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
39. 39.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”

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