Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 691 · 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.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
4. 4.🗣️ In a 12-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 3 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
7. 7.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔄 In a project 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?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
10. 10.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
13. 13.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
29. 29.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🔍 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”
33. 33.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 19 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Rohan for 5 minutes and Arjun for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
34. 34.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 13 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Saanvi for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) cutting in with a joke
38. 38.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
40. 40.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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