Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 714 · 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.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.🗣️ In a 10-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
11. 11.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.⏳ 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
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
34. 34.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
36. 36.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
37. 37.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
39. 39.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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