Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 232 · 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) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
23. 23.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
39. 39.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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