Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

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

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