Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 419 · 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: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
5. 5.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 14 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
6. 6.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 21 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🔄 In a family 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?
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
40. 40.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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