Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 363 · 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.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
3. 3.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
8. 8.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
11. 11.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
12. 12.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 20 minutes. Aarav speaks for 5 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Diya for 6 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) waiting for a pause
14. 14.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
17. 17.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) raising your hand
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
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? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) finishing their sentence
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
35. 35.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
37. 37.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
39. 39.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False

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