Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 639 · 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.🗣️ In a 10-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
10. 10.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
24. 24.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Aarav for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
35. 35.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 12 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Diya for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
40. 40.🗣️ In a 30-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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