Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 837 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
8. 8.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
13. 13.✋ 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
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
16. 16.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
24. 24.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
25. 25.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
29. 29.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
34. 34.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
39. 39.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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