Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 763 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ In a 16-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
28. 28.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
37. 37.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Meera speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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