Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 176 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
6. 6.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Arjun speaks for 2 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
17. 17.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
35. 35.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
38. 38.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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