Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 254 · 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) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 18 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Meera for 6 minutes and Vihaan for 3 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏳ 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
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
25. 25.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
26. 26.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.⏱️ A circle time lasts 15 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 3 minutes and Ananya for 4 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
33. 33.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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