Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 521 · 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) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
8. 8.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
10. 10.🗣️ In a 16-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
14. 14.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
17. 17.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Nisha for 5 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
25. 25.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 12 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Tara for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
29. 29.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
34. 34.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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