Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 102 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
2. 2.True or false: this is a wrong 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
4. 4.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
13. 13.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) changing the topic
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) copy a friend
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) staying quiet when lost
21. 21.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
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
23. 23.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
27. 27.True or false: this is a wrong 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
33. 33.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
34. 34.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
39. 39.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase

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