Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 539 · 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) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
2. 2.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
3. 3.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🗣️ In a 6-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
10. 10.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
19. 19.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
21. 21.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 22 minutes. Meera speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 6 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
33. 33.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
35. 35.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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