Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 769 · 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 of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
5. 5.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Arjun for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ 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
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
40. 40.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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