Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 59 · 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.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 21 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 5 minutes and Tara for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
4. 4.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Tara for 5 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Vihaan for 5 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
33. 33.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
35. 35.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.⏳ 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
39. 39.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause

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