Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 321 · 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: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🗣️ In a 36-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
12. 12.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
16. 16.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
19. 19.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 13 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 4 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
22. 22.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 12 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 2 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
30. 30.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
31. 31.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Meera speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
34. 34.🚨 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
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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