Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 299 · 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: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🚨 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
7. 7.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
12. 12.🗣️ In a 12-minute project meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🗣️ In a 15-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
21. 21.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
28. 28.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ignore her (c) ask what she thinks (d) keep talking
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
33. 33.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 15 minutes. Meera speaks for 5 minutes, Ishaan for 2 minutes and Tara for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?

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