Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 446 · 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) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
5. 5.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
10. 10.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
13. 13.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
18. 18.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
22. 22.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
34. 34.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 21 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 6 minutes and Arjun for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
36. 36.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
37. 37.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Meera for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
38. 38.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
40. 40.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 14 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?

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