Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 682 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 22 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Meera for 6 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
33. 33.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 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) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
38. 38.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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