Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 531 · 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 polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) finishing their sentence
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) finishing their sentence
3. 3.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so nobody speaks (b) so you can leave (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
5. 5.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
7. 7.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
8. 8.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) asking “Can I add?”
11. 11.True or false: “shouting the answer” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) jumping in mid-sentence
14. 14.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
16. 16.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
20. 20.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) shouting the answer (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
22. 22.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “Whatever.” (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
24. 24.🔄 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?
25. 25.🗣️ In a 18-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) waiting for a pause
28. 28.✋ 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
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: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✋ 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
32. 32.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 20 minutes. Rohan speaks for 6 minutes, Diya for 4 minutes and Kabir for 6 minutes. Nisha uses all the time left. How many minutes does Nisha get?
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
37. 37.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
38. 38.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) cutting in with a joke (c) raising your hand (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking

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