Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 236 · 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: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
4. 4.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
5. 5.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
8. 8.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
12. 12.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 22 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Vihaan for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
32. 32.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
39. 39.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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