Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 611 · 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) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
3. 3.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 6 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) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
13. 13.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
21. 21.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
23. 23.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 13 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
36. 36.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
37. 37.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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