Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 903 · 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.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
2. 2.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
4. 4.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
6. 6.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
15. 15.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ 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
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
19. 19.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Rohan speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Ishaan for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
21. 21.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Kabir speaks for 3 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Ananya for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
25. 25.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
35. 35.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 12 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Diya for 4 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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