Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 149 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
7. 7.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) saying it in your words
11. 11.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
12. 12.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
24. 24.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
25. 25.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
32. 32.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) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way

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