Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 392 · 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: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
20. 20.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🗣️ In a 6-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
34. 34.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
40. 40.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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