Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 570 · 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) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🗣️ In a 36-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
7. 7.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
19. 19.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.✋ 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
24. 24.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
27. 27.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
31. 31.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
37. 37.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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