Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 684 · 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) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
2. 2.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.🚨 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
9. 9.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
14. 14.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so all get a turn (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
15. 15.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Ananya speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 5 minutes and Ishaan for 6 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
16. 16.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
20. 20.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
25. 25.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
32. 32.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 9 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Vihaan for 2 minutes and Arjun for 2 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) hogging the whole talk
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”

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