Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 250 · 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: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
5. 5.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
10. 10.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
15. 15.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
17. 17.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🚨 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
21. 21.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
24. 24.✋ 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
25. 25.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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