Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 664 · 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) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
8. 8.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so you can leave
11. 11.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.🔄 In a class meeting, 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 book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
25. 25.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 16 minutes. Arjun speaks for 5 minutes, Saanvi for 3 minutes and Vihaan for 5 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
26. 26.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
30. 30.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
33. 33.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 16 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 6 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
35. 35.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 12 minutes. Rohan speaks for 3 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Tara for 4 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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