Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 287 · 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? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
15. 15.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
17. 17.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Meera speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Rohan for 4 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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