Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 143 · 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.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
4. 4.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
8. 8.🗣️ In a 9-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
12. 12.🔄 In a circle time, each of 8 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause
15. 15.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) tell her tomorrow (d) wait for a pause
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🗣️ In a 24-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
30. 30.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
33. 33.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Ananya for 6 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) raising your hand
35. 35.🗣️ In a 20-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
38. 38.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
40. 40.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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