Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 139 · 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 of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
5. 5.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
8. 8.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 22 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Diya for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
14. 14.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
19. 19.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ 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
25. 25.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.✋ 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
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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