Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 569 · 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 15-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.⏳ 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
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 13 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Saanvi for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
8. 8.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
14. 14.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
16. 16.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
18. 18.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
27. 27.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand

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