Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 191 · 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: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
21. 21.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.🔄 In a circle time, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
26. 26.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
29. 29.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 11 minutes. Kabir speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
36. 36.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone

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