Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 487 · 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) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Nisha speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Ishaan for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
9. 9.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Ananya for 6 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
14. 14.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 21 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
15. 15.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
19. 19.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
22. 22.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.✋ 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
25. 25.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
36. 36.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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