Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 338 · 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) tell her tomorrow (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
3. 3.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 12 minutes. Nisha speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
4. 4.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
6. 6.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
7. 7.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) change seats
8. 8.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
10. 10.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
11. 11.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
14. 14.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
20. 20.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 12 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Saanvi for 2 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ 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
31. 31.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) talking over someone
33. 33.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Nisha speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 5 minutes and Kabir for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
40. 40.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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