Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 556 · 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 polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🗣️ In a 16-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🔍 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
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (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) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.✋ 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
14. 14.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
22. 22.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
23. 23.✋ 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
24. 24.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 21 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Tara for 5 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
36. 36.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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