Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 36 · 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.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) change seats (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
3. 3.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
7. 7.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) “My turn now.”
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
10. 10.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) shout your name (c) tap the teacher (d) raise your hand
11. 11.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so nobody speaks
13. 13.🚨 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) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
14. 14.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.⏱️ A circle time lasts 18 minutes. Saanvi speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 4 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
27. 27.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.🗣️ In a 9-minute class meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) waiting for a pause
33. 33.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ In a 9-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
38. 38.✋ 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
39. 39.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting

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