Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 148 · 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: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
8. 8.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
11. 11.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.🗣️ In a 36-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.⏳ 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
30. 30.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 3 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
32. 32.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
34. 34.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 19 minutes. Ananya speaks for 6 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
37. 37.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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