Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 804 · 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.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
6. 6.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.✋ 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
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
40. 40.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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