Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 717 · 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.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 24 minutes. Tara speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 6 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
20. 20.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 4 minutes, Meera for 5 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
24. 24.🗣️ In a 25-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.🗣️ In a 20-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
34. 34.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone

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