Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 157 · 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.🗣️ In a 30-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
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.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 6 minutes and Kabir for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
11. 11.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
23. 23.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
25. 25.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
32. 32.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 18 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 3 minutes and Ananya for 6 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
35. 35.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.🗣️ In a 16-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”

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