Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 683 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
2. 2.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 23 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 6 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
15. 15.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
17. 17.✋ 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
21. 21.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🚨 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) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Ananya speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 6 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone

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