Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 304 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
6. 6.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
8. 8.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
10. 10.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
11. 11.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
12. 12.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
23. 23.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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