Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 171 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 23 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 5 minutes, Rohan for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
25. 25.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
34. 34.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
38. 38.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
40. 40.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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