Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 874 · 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 circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
4. 4.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.⏱️ A circle time lasts 24 minutes. Diya speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Nisha for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
13. 13.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
18. 18.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.🗣️ In a 18-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
25. 25.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
28. 28.⏳ 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
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) keeping your turn short (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🗣️ In a 10-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
37. 37.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Kabir for 2 minutes and Diya for 5 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
38. 38.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 20 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 6 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Kabir for 4 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?

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