Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 815 · 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 polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
7. 7.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Nisha for 6 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
9. 9.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
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.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 5 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
19. 19.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Ishaan for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
31. 31.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
34. 34.✋ 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
35. 35.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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