Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 218 · 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: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
12. 12.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 20 minutes. Diya speaks for 4 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Meera for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
14. 14.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Ananya speaks for 6 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Meera for 6 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.🗣️ In a 6-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
40. 40.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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