Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 810 · 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.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
8. 8.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
10. 10.🗣️ In a 16-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
14. 14.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
15. 15.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 13 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
20. 20.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
26. 26.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
33. 33.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
35. 35.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
40. 40.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False

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