Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 583 · 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.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) shout your name (b) stand on the desk (c) raise your hand (d) tap the teacher
2. 2.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🗣️ In a 24-minute book-club chat, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
4. 4.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
5. 5.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 12 minutes. Aarav speaks for 6 minutes, Meera for 2 minutes and Diya for 2 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
6. 6.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) waiting for a pause (d) hogging the whole talk
7. 7.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) talking over someone
9. 9.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
10. 10.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
12. 12.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) ignore her
16. 16.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) talking over someone
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) letting all speak once (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
23. 23.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) raising your hand (b) cutting in with a joke (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
26. 26.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) to sound clever (d) so all get a turn
28. 28.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “cutting in with a joke” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) asking “Can I add?”
33. 33.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “My turn now.”
39. 39.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) keeping your turn short

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