Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 909 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
6. 6.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
7. 7.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
9. 9.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
17. 17.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
19. 19.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 13 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
28. 28.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
30. 30.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
33. 33.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
38. 38.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
39. 39.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk

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