Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 78 · 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) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.🔄 In a family 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?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
15. 15.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
19. 19.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Nisha for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
20. 20.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
35. 35.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Vihaan for 3 minutes and Tara for 5 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
39. 39.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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