Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 695 · 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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) change seats
2. 2.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
10. 10.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Ananya for 5 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
17. 17.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
22. 22.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏳ 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
24. 24.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.✋ 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
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 21 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
32. 32.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 17 minutes. Meera speaks for 2 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
35. 35.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
39. 39.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
40. 40.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in

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