Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 265 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
2. 2.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
10. 10.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
13. 13.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
15. 15.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) ignore her
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
17. 17.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
18. 18.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
25. 25.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 13 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
29. 29.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
30. 30.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.🗣️ In a 16-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
40. 40.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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