Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 183 · 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: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
4. 4.⏱️ A circle time lasts 20 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 6 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 23 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 6 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
14. 14.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
32. 32.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
34. 34.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.✋ 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
38. 38.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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