Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 737 · 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: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.⏱️ A circle time lasts 17 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 4 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
16. 16.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ In a 30-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
20. 20.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
21. 21.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
22. 22.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
25. 25.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer

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