Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 444 · 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) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🗣️ In a 16-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
15. 15.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 13 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
16. 16.🚨 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) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🗣️ In a 8-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
23. 23.✋ 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
24. 24.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 15 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
34. 34.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
40. 40.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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