Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 949 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.🗣️ In a 30-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
8. 8.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) ask what she thinks
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) finishing their sentence
13. 13.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
15. 15.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) shouting the answer (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
17. 17.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
26. 26.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) raise your hand
27. 27.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?

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