Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 759 · 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.✋ 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
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
6. 6.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
8. 8.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
10. 10.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 13 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Meera for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
17. 17.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
19. 19.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
26. 26.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
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.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
40. 40.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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