Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 890 · 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 all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
12. 12.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
14. 14.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
17. 17.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
25. 25.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 6 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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