Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 140 · 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.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
5. 5.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
8. 8.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
21. 21.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
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.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) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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