Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 999 · 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: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
3. 3.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 11 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
5. 5.🗣️ In a 16-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🗣️ In a 36-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
15. 15.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption

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