Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 896 · 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.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
14. 14.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
15. 15.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
17. 17.🔄 In a project 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?
18. 18.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
29. 29.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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