Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 748 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) keeping your turn short
2. 2.🗣️ In a 8-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) ask what she thinks (c) keep talking (d) change seats
4. 4.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 21 minutes. Ananya speaks for 5 minutes, Diya for 6 minutes and Aarav for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
7. 7.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
8. 8.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) wait for a pause (c) interrupt at once (d) tell her tomorrow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) letting all speak once (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
10. 10.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) jumping in mid-sentence
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
12. 12.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) nothing at all
13. 13.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
14. 14.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✋ 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
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
20. 20.✋ 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
21. 21.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) cutting in with a joke
23. 23.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) waiting for a pause (c) keeping your turn short (d) jumping in mid-sentence
25. 25.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) hogging the whole talk (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
26. 26.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
28. 28.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🗣️ In a 10-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) talking over someone (c) letting all speak once (d) keeping your turn short
31. 31.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🗣️ In a 30-minute class meeting, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) waiting for a pause

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