Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 606 · 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.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
14. 14.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
15. 15.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
17. 17.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Ananya speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 3 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
26. 26.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Ishaan for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
33. 33.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
37. 37.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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