Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 189 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🗣️ In a 36-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.✋ 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
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
22. 22.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
25. 25.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
31. 31.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
33. 33.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 12 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) raise your hand quietly
39. 39.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🗣️ In a 15-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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