Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 490 · 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.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🚨 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
9. 9.✋ 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
10. 10.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
20. 20.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
21. 21.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.🗣️ In a 25-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
32. 32.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.🗣️ In a 30-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 20 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
38. 38.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) letting all speak once
40. 40.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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