Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 783 · 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? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🗣️ In a 36-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
11. 11.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
22. 22.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏱️ A circle time lasts 22 minutes. Diya speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
30. 30.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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