Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 42 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
3. 3.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) cutting in with a joke
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
6. 6.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so nobody speaks (d) so all get a turn
7. 7.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
10. 10.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🗣️ In a 36-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
14. 14.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 15 minutes. Kabir speaks for 3 minutes, Ananya for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 4 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
20. 20.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
24. 24.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 14 minutes. Meera speaks for 5 minutes, Nisha for 2 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
32. 32.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
35. 35.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) wait for a pause (c) raise your hand quietly (d) interrupt at once
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
40. 40.✋ 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

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