Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 127 · 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: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
3. 3.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
18. 18.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Kabir for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
33. 33.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
39. 39.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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