Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 13 · 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: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
4. 4.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 20 minutes. Arjun speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
6. 6.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
27. 27.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
35. 35.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence

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