Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 468 · 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) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 4 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
3. 3.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
4. 4.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
6. 6.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
7. 7.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
18. 18.✋ 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
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
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: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
31. 31.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 13 minutes. Aarav speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 3 minutes and Kabir for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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