Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 577 · 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 class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
7. 7.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
8. 8.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.🗣️ In a 36-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
18. 18.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
20. 20.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
21. 21.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 15 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Meera for 5 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
30. 30.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
31. 31.🚨 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
40. 40.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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