Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 561 · 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 class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
2. 2.🗣️ In a 8-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
10. 10.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 17 minutes. Rohan speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 2 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
19. 19.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
25. 25.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 24 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Kabir for 5 minutes and Arjun for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
26. 26.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
27. 27.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
31. 31.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
32. 32.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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