Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 579 · 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) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚨 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) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Ananya for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
39. 39.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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