Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 654 · 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.🚨 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
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
20. 20.🗣️ 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
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
34. 34.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
35. 35.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence

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