Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 470 · 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 interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
2. 2.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) ignore her
4. 4.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
22. 22.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 5 minutes and Kabir for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
25. 25.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
30. 30.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
33. 33.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk

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