Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 620 · 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) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
2. 2.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
5. 5.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🗣️ In a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 10 minutes. Aarav speaks for 4 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Ananya for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
11. 11.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Arjun speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
12. 12.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) raise your hand quietly
16. 16.🔄 In a circle time, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
20. 20.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
26. 26.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
40. 40.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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