Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 851 · 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 class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 2 minutes, Nisha for 3 minutes and Ishaan for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
3. 3.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
7. 7.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) cutting in with a joke
15. 15.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 11 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
18. 18.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
27. 27.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
36. 36.🗣️ In a 25-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
39. 39.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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