Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 120 · 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.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🔄 In a class 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?
10. 10.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
11. 11.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
18. 18.🗣️ In a 20-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
27. 27.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 9 minutes. Ananya speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
28. 28.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.🗣️ In a 16-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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