Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 106 · 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.✋ 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
2. 2.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Nisha for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
5. 5.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
8. 8.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.🗣️ In a 15-minute family meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
12. 12.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) raise your hand quietly (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
14. 14.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
19. 19.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so nobody speaks (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
22. 22.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
23. 23.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
29. 29.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
31. 31.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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