Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 297 · 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: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
5. 5.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
7. 7.🗣️ In a 10-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
27. 27.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
36. 36.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🗣️ In a 6-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
40. 40.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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