Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 628 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) hogging the whole talk
6. 6.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
14. 14.🗣️ In a 20-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Diya speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Arjun for 5 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
17. 17.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
25. 25.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
30. 30.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Vihaan for 3 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
39. 39.🗣️ In a 9-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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