Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

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

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