Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 399 · 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) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🚨 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
4. 4.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
10. 10.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
13. 13.✋ 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
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
29. 29.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 20 minutes. Tara speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
32. 32.🗣️ In a 36-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
36. 36.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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