Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 477 · 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: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
4. 4.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Arjun for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⏳ 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
29. 29.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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