Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 491 · 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: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) raise your hand (b) stand on the desk (c) tap the teacher (d) shout your name
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) raising your hand
5. 5.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
7. 7.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) raising your hand
12. 12.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
13. 13.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) cutting in with a joke (c) keeping your turn short (d) talking over someone
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 6 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.🗣️ In a 25-minute family meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) cutting in with a joke (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) letting all speak once
26. 26.✋ 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
27. 27.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
30. 30.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) ignore her
35. 35.✋ 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
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.⏱️ A family meeting lasts 14 minutes. Ananya speaks for 2 minutes, Diya for 2 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Rohan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Rohan get?
40. 40.🗣️ In a 36-minute group discussion, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?

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