Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 331 · 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 group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.🔄 In a circle time, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 6 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
32. 32.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
34. 34.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
36. 36.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True

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