Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 946 · 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 a 6-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
2. 2.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✋ 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
6. 6.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
7. 7.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
8. 8.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) change seats (b) ask what she thinks (c) ignore her (d) keep talking
10. 10.🚨 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
11. 11.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) talking over someone
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) hogging the whole talk
15. 15.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
16. 16.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
18. 18.🗣️ In a 30-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
19. 19.✋ 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
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) raising your hand
23. 23.🔄 In a group discussion, each of 8 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
24. 24.True or false: “jumping in mid-sentence” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) letting all speak once (d) finishing their sentence
26. 26.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
27. 27.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 16 minutes. Ishaan speaks for 3 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Nisha for 4 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
28. 28.✋ 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
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ 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
32. 32.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Sorry, go on.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “My turn now.”
33. 33.🗣️ In a 20-minute family meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
36. 36.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) raising your hand (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) waiting for a pause (c) talking over someone (d) hogging the whole talk
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your turn short (b) shouting the answer (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) asking “Can I add?”
39. 39.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔄 In a circle time, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?

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