Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 30 · 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.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
2. 2.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.🗣️ In a 16-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
11. 11.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
12. 12.✋ 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
19. 19.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
34. 34.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk

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