Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 410 · 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.⏱️ A circle time lasts 14 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 2 minutes, Tara for 4 minutes and Arjun for 4 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
2. 2.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) tap the teacher (c) stand on the desk (d) shout your name
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
6. 6.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
9. 9.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) ask what she thinks
12. 12.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) asking “Can I add?”
13. 13.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
21. 21.✋ 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
22. 22.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) to sound clever
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
27. 27.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
29. 29.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) asking “Can I add?”
34. 34.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
35. 35.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 7 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) keeping your turn short
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
40. 40.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 17 minutes. Arjun speaks for 6 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?

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