Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 443 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
2. 2.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
3. 3.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 23 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Nisha for 6 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ In a 36-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
34. 34.⏳ 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
35. 35.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
38. 38.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause

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