Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 149 · 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: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
7. 7.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
9. 9.🚨 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
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
20. 20.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
26. 26.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Ananya speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Arjun for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 15 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
38. 38.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence

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