Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 974 · 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: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
4. 4.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
9. 9.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
18. 18.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Aarav speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
23. 23.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
24. 24.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
40. 40.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?

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