Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 597 · 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? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
5. 5.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 5 minutes and Arjun for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
17. 17.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
19. 19.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
28. 28.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
29. 29.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.🗣️ In a 8-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 17 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Ananya for 6 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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