Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 190 · 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.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
6. 6.⏱️ A circle time lasts 22 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 6 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
12. 12.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🗣️ In a 20-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
34. 34.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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