Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 841 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.🗣️ 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
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
8. 8.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 19 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Tara for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 22 minutes. Arjun speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 5 minutes and Kabir for 5 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
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: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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