Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 476 · 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 polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 18 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Vihaan for 4 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
7. 7.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
9. 9.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
20. 20.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
24. 24.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
38. 38.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 19 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 5 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
39. 39.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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