Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 98 · 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) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) asking “Can I add?”
2. 2.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “Whatever.” (b) “My turn now.” (c) “Sorry, go on.” (d) nothing at all
3. 3.✋ 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
4. 4.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 5 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
6. 6.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 18 minutes. Meera speaks for 3 minutes, Ishaan for 5 minutes and Saanvi for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) letting all speak once
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) letting all speak once (d) raising your hand
9. 9.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Can I say something when you finish?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
11. 11.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
12. 12.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) finishing their sentence (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) shouting the answer
14. 14.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
17. 17.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 18 minutes. Tara speaks for 3 minutes, Ishaan for 4 minutes and Kabir for 5 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
18. 18.🔄 In a circle time, each of 5 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) waiting for a pause
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) finishing their sentence
22. 22.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) waiting for a pause (c) hogging the whole talk (d) raising your hand
23. 23.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
25. 25.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
26. 26.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) tap the teacher (b) raise your hand (c) shout your name (d) stand on the desk
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) shouting the answer (d) keeping your turn short
29. 29.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
30. 30.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) keeping your turn short (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
31. 31.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔄 In a book-club chat, each of 4 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) raising your hand (c) letting all speak once (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) hogging the whole talk (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
37. 37.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) shouting the answer (c) raising your hand (d) letting all speak once
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False

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