Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 598 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
2. 2.✋ 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
3. 3.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) waiting for a pause
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
9. 9.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) cutting in with a joke
12. 12.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
14. 14.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
19. 19.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 17 minutes. Kabir speaks for 6 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Meera for 6 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
29. 29.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
35. 35.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
40. 40.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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