Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 333 · 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 a 9-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🗣️ In a 6-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
13. 13.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
21. 21.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
25. 25.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
31. 31.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
35. 35.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 14 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
38. 38.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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