Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 990 · 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.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
2. 2.🗣️ In a 9-minute project meeting, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) cutting in with a joke (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) shouting the answer
4. 4.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
5. 5.🗣️ In a 16-minute project meeting, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
6. 6.⏱️ A project meeting lasts 16 minutes. Kabir speaks for 4 minutes, Ananya for 3 minutes and Aarav for 5 minutes. Vihaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Vihaan get?
7. 7.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) keep talking (b) ask what she thinks (c) change seats (d) ignore her
8. 8.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) letting all speak once
10. 10.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “Sorry, go on” (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
17. 17.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) waiting for a pause (d) jumping in mid-sentence
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) raising your hand (d) shouting the answer
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
21. 21.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🗣️ In a 18-minute family meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
23. 23.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) asking “Can I add?” (b) letting all speak once (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
25. 25.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) talking over someone (d) letting all speak once
26. 26.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) hogging the whole talk (c) keeping your turn short (d) cutting in with a joke
27. 27.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) raising your hand (b) waiting for a pause (c) cutting in with a joke (d) keeping your turn short
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) letting all speak once (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) raising your hand
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) keeping your turn short (d) asking “Can I add?”
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) cutting in with a joke
33. 33.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
36. 36.True or false: “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
39. 39.True or false: “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False

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