Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 134 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
2. 2.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Rohan speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Meera for 3 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
6. 6.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🚨 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) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
8. 8.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
10. 10.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
12. 12.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
13. 13.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) raise your hand (c) tap the teacher (d) stand on the desk
14. 14.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
16. 16.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Vihaan for 6 minutes and Arjun for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
19. 19.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
25. 25.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
36. 36.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 11 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Arjun for 3 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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