Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 818 · 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) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
2. 2.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
5. 5.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
6. 6.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (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) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
39. 39.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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