Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 204 · 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: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
6. 6.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
24. 24.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
34. 34.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 19 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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