Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 859 · 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 book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
2. 2.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 17 minutes. Arjun speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 5 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Tara uses all the time left. How many minutes does Tara get?
3. 3.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
6. 6.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
13. 13.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
14. 14.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
18. 18.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
19. 19.🗣️ In a 24-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
21. 21.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
23. 23.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.🗣️ In a 18-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) letting all speak once
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.✋ 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
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow

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