Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 371 · 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: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 6 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
25. 25.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
32. 32.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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