Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 141 · 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) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
7. 7.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
14. 14.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
22. 22.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
25. 25.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Ananya speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
37. 37.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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