Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 274 · 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: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
9. 9.🚨 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
10. 10.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 12 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 4 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
19. 19.🗣️ 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
20. 20.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Ananya for 6 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
24. 24.🔄 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?
25. 25.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ 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

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