Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 719 · 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: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
10. 10.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
24. 24.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 4 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
28. 28.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ 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
30. 30.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
31. 31.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
34. 34.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
38. 38.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”

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