Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 821 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.🗣️ In a 16-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
24. 24.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 18 minutes. Nisha speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
31. 31.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
36. 36.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
37. 37.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.✋ 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
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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