Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 13 · 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 checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
4. 4.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: this is a wrong 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
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.📝 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
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
26. 26.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
27. 27.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.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
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 is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
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) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
36. 36.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) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example

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