Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 718 · 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.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 6 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Aarav for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
5. 5.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
8. 8.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
10. 10.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
11. 11.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 3 minutes, Diya for 6 minutes and Ishaan for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) talking over someone
24. 24.🚨 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) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
25. 25.🗣️ In a 12-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 4 minutes, Vihaan for 4 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
28. 28.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
30. 30.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 5 minutes and Saanvi for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
32. 32.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
34. 34.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 20 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 6 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
39. 39.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 8-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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