Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 216 · 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: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✋ 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
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
7. 7.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) wait for a pause (b) interrupt at once (c) raise your hand quietly (d) tell her tomorrow
16. 16.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
17. 17.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) keep talking (d) change seats
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) talking over someone
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
27. 27.⏱️ A circle time lasts 13 minutes. Nisha speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 4 minutes and Vihaan for 4 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
33. 33.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ 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
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause

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