Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 394 · 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.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
2. 2.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
5. 5.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
10. 10.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
13. 13.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
17. 17.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
25. 25.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Meera speaks for 4 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
26. 26.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
27. 27.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
38. 38.🗣️ In a 10-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave

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