Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 367 · 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) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
2. 2.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
9. 9.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
10. 10.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
11. 11.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
13. 13.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏱️ A circle time lasts 21 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
33. 33.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
37. 37.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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