Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 128 · 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) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
14. 14.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
19. 19.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.🤔 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
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
38. 38.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
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date

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