Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

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

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