Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 506 · 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) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 9 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
4. 4.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
14. 14.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
24. 24.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (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 of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
28. 28.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 11 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Rohan for 5 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
29. 29.⏳ 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
30. 30.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
34. 34.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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