Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 799 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
9. 9.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
12. 12.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.⏱️ A circle time lasts 22 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Meera for 6 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
16. 16.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🗣️ In a 20-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🗣️ In a 25-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
25. 25.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
26. 26.🗣️ In a 10-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
29. 29.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
33. 33.🗣️ 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
34. 34.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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