Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 226 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
4. 4.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
7. 7.🗣️ In a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
11. 11.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 3 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
16. 16.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
17. 17.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
23. 23.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
30. 30.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ignore her
34. 34.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
35. 35.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 19 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Ishaan for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
36. 36.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
39. 39.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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