Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 200 · 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 of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
15. 15.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
19. 19.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏱️ A circle time lasts 19 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
27. 27.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”

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