Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 165 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Meera speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
4. 4.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 2 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
14. 14.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
25. 25.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
34. 34.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 23 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 3 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
38. 38.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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