Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 339 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
2. 2.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
7. 7.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
21. 21.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
28. 28.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
37. 37.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 13 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 3 minutes and Kabir for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?

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