Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 10 · 40 questions

Communication tip (Say it back to check): Checks understanding: repeating the steps back, asking “Do you mean…?”, writing the task down, asking for an example, saying it in your words. Skips checking: nodding without knowing, guessing what they meant, pretending you got it, staying quiet when lost, hoping for the best. A correct paraphrase keeps every detail: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” → “7 AM, big ground — got it.” A wrong one changes them: “7 PM at the small ground?”

1. 1.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
9. 9.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
28. 28.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
32. 32.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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