Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 50 · 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 interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
2. 2.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
4. 4.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
11. 11.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.✋ 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
22. 22.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
28. 28.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏱️ A circle time lasts 19 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Saanvi for 6 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.🔄 In a circle time, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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