Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 590 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
2. 2.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.🗣️ In a 6-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.✋ 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
15. 15.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Nisha speaks for 3 minutes, Ishaan for 3 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
27. 27.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 18 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🗣️ In a 8-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
35. 35.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 20 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 5 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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