Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 775 · 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.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
9. 9.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
14. 14.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🗣️ In a 15-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
29. 29.🗣️ In a 12-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 20 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Meera for 4 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
31. 31.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
32. 32.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
33. 33.🗣️ In a 16-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 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) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔄 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?
40. 40.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?

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