Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 266 · 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: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
10. 10.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 19 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
19. 19.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
30. 30.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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