Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 132 · 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) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
4. 4.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
7. 7.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
8. 8.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
12. 12.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
17. 17.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
31. 31.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
34. 34.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.✋ 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
37. 37.✋ 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
38. 38.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone

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