Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 467 · 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.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) to sound clever (c) so you can leave (d) so all get a turn
2. 2.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Kabir speaks for 5 minutes, Aarav for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 3 minutes. Meera uses all the time left. How many minutes does Meera get?
4. 4.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
7. 7.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.✋ 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
10. 10.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) talking over someone
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) talking over someone
14. 14.🗣️ In a 30-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
15. 15.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🚨 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) wait for a pause (d) interrupt at once
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
22. 22.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
26. 26.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
28. 28.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
29. 29.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) hogging the whole talk
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
32. 32.✋ 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
33. 33.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Whatever.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
36. 36.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
37. 37.✋ 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
38. 38.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) keeping your turn short (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence

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