Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 271 · 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.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 12 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
4. 4.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
11. 11.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
12. 12.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
16. 16.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
22. 22.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
27. 27.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
35. 35.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
37. 37.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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