Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 650 · 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 of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
13. 13.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
14. 14.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⏱️ A circle time lasts 20 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) raising your hand
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
20. 20.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
27. 27.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 6 minutes, Rohan for 3 minutes and Nisha for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
30. 30.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
35. 35.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🗣️ In a 10-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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