Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 469 · 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) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
5. 5.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🗣️ In a 16-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
10. 10.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
19. 19.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 11 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Arjun for 3 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
37. 37.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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