Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 320 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
2. 2.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
5. 5.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
7. 7.🗣️ In a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
10. 10.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
12. 12.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.🗣️ In a 16-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
17. 17.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.✋ 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
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
28. 28.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Vihaan for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
36. 36.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
39. 39.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke

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