Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 786 · 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: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
4. 4.⏱️ A circle time lasts 16 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 5 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Nisha for 5 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
5. 5.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) shouting the answer
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
16. 16.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) ignore her
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🗣️ In a 10-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
24. 24.✋ 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
25. 25.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
29. 29.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.🔄 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?
33. 33.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
34. 34.🗣️ In a 24-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so you can leave
39. 39.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ In a 24-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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