Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 388 · 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 book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 16 minutes. Tara speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
4. 4.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🗣️ In a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.🚨 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
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
18. 18.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
30. 30.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
38. 38.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 21 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Ishaan for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”

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