Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 343 · 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) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
2. 2.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 6 minutes and Ananya for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
4. 4.✋ 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
5. 5.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Arjun speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 4 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
6. 6.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
7. 7.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
12. 12.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
20. 20.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
23. 23.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
31. 31.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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