Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 594 · 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) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
8. 8.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
9. 9.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🗣️ In a 36-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
15. 15.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
22. 22.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
23. 23.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
24. 24.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
27. 27.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
31. 31.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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