Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 206 · 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 12-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
6. 6.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
21. 21.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Nisha speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 6 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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