Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 154 · 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) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.🔄 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?
5. 5.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
7. 7.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 21 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
36. 36.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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