Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 471 · 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) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
2. 2.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
11. 11.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
27. 27.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
30. 30.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Tara speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 4 minutes and Rohan for 4 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?

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