Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 88 · 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.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) finishing their sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) raise your hand quietly
5. 5.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
7. 7.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
8. 8.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) talking over someone (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) keeping your turn short (d) letting all speak once
9. 9.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 10 minutes. Aarav speaks for 2 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Ishaan for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
11. 11.✋ 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
12. 12.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ 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
14. 14.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) raising your hand (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) keeping your turn short (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
17. 17.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) shouting the answer
19. 19.🔄 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?
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🗣️ In a 30-minute group discussion, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) letting all speak once (c) talking over someone (d) finishing their sentence
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) finishing their sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) waiting for a pause
26. 26.🗣️ In a 16-minute book-club chat, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
27. 27.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) change seats (c) keep talking (d) ignore her
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
29. 29.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) shouting the answer (d) cutting in with a joke
31. 31.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
32. 32.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
33. 33.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
34. 34.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 17 minutes. Arjun speaks for 4 minutes, Rohan for 6 minutes and Tara for 5 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
36. 36.🔄 In a circle time, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
38. 38.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🗣️ In a 36-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
40. 40.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Sorry, go on.”

Free communication skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/communication-skills-for-students