Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 337 · 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 polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Tara speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Meera for 3 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
12. 12.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
21. 21.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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