Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 278 · 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: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
6. 6.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
18. 18.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 10 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Rohan for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
19. 19.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
37. 37.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 24 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
38. 38.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
40. 40.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?

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