Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 782 · 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 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
4. 4.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) talking over someone
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
18. 18.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏳ 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
23. 23.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 19 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Ishaan for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
26. 26.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
28. 28.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
33. 33.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone

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