Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 334 · 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: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) tap the teacher (c) raise your hand (d) stand on the desk
4. 4.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
7. 7.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Tara speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Ananya for 3 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
14. 14.🗣️ In a 8-minute group discussion, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
17. 17.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
23. 23.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
25. 25.✋ 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
26. 26.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⏱️ A circle time lasts 17 minutes. Vihaan speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Ananya for 5 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
34. 34.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
39. 39.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
40. 40.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True

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