Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 286 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Arjun for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
17. 17.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ 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
19. 19.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
25. 25.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
30. 30.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
33. 33.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
35. 35.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
36. 36.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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