Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 284 · 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: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
25. 25.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
27. 27.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 13 minutes. Diya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
30. 30.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
35. 35.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Nisha for 3 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
39. 39.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence

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