Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 902 · 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: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Arjun speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 3 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
22. 22.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🗣️ In a 16-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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