Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 659 · 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) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
2. 2.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
9. 9.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
11. 11.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
15. 15.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗣️ In a 16-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 10 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
27. 27.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
28. 28.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.🗣️ 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”

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