Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 488 · 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.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 15 minutes. Rohan speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Meera for 5 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
2. 2.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
10. 10.⏱️ A circle time lasts 17 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Arjun for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
13. 13.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
17. 17.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
18. 18.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
29. 29.🗣️ 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
30. 30.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔄 In a project 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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