Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 62 · 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.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
2. 2.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
6. 6.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✋ 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
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
9. 9.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) shout your name (c) stand on the desk (d) tap the teacher
10. 10.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
12. 12.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
14. 14.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
21. 21.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔄 In a class 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?
23. 23.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🗣️ In a 18-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.🗣️ In a 16-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
34. 34.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.✋ 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
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
38. 38.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 14 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
39. 39.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause

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