Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 398 · 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: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
6. 6.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
14. 14.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
15. 15.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
17. 17.✋ 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
18. 18.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
27. 27.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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