Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 374 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
5. 5.🚨 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
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) to sound clever
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
9. 9.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.🗣️ In a 10-minute circle time, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
16. 16.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
17. 17.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
19. 19.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
20. 20.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
22. 22.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 20 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 5 minutes and Diya for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
24. 24.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ignore her (d) ask what she thinks
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
28. 28.🗣️ In a 20-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
30. 30.🗣️ In a 18-minute circle time, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
32. 32.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) tap the teacher
33. 33.✋ 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
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone

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