Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 970 · 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: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.🗣️ In a 10-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🗣️ 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
17. 17.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
21. 21.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
23. 23.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.⏳ 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
35. 35.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
38. 38.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
39. 39.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand

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