Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 71 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
2. 2.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 21 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
3. 3.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) shout your name
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
14. 14.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 23 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Rohan for 4 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
17. 17.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
23. 23.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) raising your hand
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 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?
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) letting all speak once
33. 33.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
37. 37.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer

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