Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 438 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
2. 2.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 4 minutes and Arjun for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
5. 5.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
11. 11.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
25. 25.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
32. 32.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
34. 34.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
36. 36.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Vihaan for 6 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 22 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Vihaan for 6 minutes and Kabir for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
39. 39.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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