Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 518 · 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.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
4. 4.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Diya speaks for 5 minutes, Meera for 4 minutes and Ishaan for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
5. 5.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏱️ A circle time lasts 19 minutes. Meera speaks for 6 minutes, Saanvi for 5 minutes and Rohan for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
8. 8.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) shouting the answer
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) waiting for a pause (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
10. 10.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
11. 11.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🗣️ In a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
13. 13.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
15. 15.✋ 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
16. 16.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) to sound clever (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 19 minutes. Nisha speaks for 6 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Arjun uses all the time left. How many minutes does Arjun get?
24. 24.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) keep talking
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
26. 26.🗣️ In a 6-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) shouting the answer (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) waiting for a pause (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
39. 39.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True

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