Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

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

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