Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 230 · 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 book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Kabir speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
6. 6.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
8. 8.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
21. 21.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
24. 24.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
29. 29.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
36. 36.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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