Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 132 · 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) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
2. 2.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
9. 9.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
10. 10.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.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
19. 19.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) False (b) True
20. 20.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.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) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
40. 40.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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