Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 142 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
10. 10.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
20. 20.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Saanvi for 3 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
25. 25.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
26. 26.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
36. 36.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 22 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 6 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?

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