Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 326 · 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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
3. 3.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 23 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
31. 31.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
34. 34.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
36. 36.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
39. 39.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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