Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 411 · 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.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
8. 8.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
14. 14.🚨 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) tell her tomorrow (d) interrupt at once
15. 15.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🗣️ In a 10-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ In a 12-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
20. 20.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
23. 23.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
27. 27.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 18 minutes. Tara speaks for 4 minutes, Diya for 6 minutes and Rohan for 6 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?
28. 28.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
29. 29.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
34. 34.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
38. 38.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
39. 39.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ 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

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