Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 357 · 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: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Saanvi for 3 minutes and Ananya for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
28. 28.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.True or false: “letting all speak once” 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.⏱️ A circle time lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
32. 32.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once

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