Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 56 · 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 18-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
5. 5.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
8. 8.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
17. 17.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
19. 19.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
26. 26.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
27. 27.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Aarav for 4 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
39. 39.🔄 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?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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