Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 146 · 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) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
21. 21.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
22. 22.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
23. 23.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) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
30. 30.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
32. 32.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
34. 34.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
37. 37.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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