Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 158 · 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.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
6. 6.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
9. 9.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) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
14. 14.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
18. 18.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
26. 26.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
28. 28.🤔 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
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
31. 31.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) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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