Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 424 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
2. 2.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.🗣️ In a 36-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
14. 14.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
15. 15.🗣️ In a 36-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
29. 29.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
31. 31.🗣️ In a 16-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 4 minutes and Ishaan for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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