Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 895 · 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) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
2. 2.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) cutting in with a joke (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
4. 4.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so all get a turn (b) to sound clever (c) so nobody speaks (d) so you can leave
6. 6.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
7. 7.True or false: “talking over someone” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ask what she thinks (b) ignore her (c) change seats (d) keep talking
10. 10.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand
11. 11.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) letting all speak once (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
12. 12.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
14. 14.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 6 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
16. 16.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Aarav speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 6 minutes and Nisha for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.True or false: “talking over someone” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
20. 20.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) shouting the answer (c) finishing their sentence (d) keeping your turn short
22. 22.✋ 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
23. 23.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
26. 26.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🗣️ In a 25-minute book-club chat, 5 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 14 minutes. Rohan speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 2 minutes and Tara for 2 minutes. Saanvi uses all the time left. How many minutes does Saanvi get?
30. 30.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) hogging the whole talk (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
32. 32.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ In a 15-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) finishing their sentence
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
37. 37.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) letting all speak once (b) talking over someone (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) cutting in with a joke

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