Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

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

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