Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 705 · 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 of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
16. 16.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
31. 31.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 6 minutes, Saanvi for 4 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
32. 32.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
33. 33.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “Whatever.”
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once

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