Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 495 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 19 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
5. 5.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 10 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Meera for 2 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
13. 13.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
20. 20.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
23. 23.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
28. 28.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
35. 35.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Meera for 5 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.✋ 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
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke

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