Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 965 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
4. 4.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
8. 8.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
15. 15.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ 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
17. 17.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Ishaan for 5 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Diya speaks for 4 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
32. 32.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
39. 39.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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