Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 113 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 9 minutes. Arjun speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Meera for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
21. 21.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
33. 33.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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