Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 165 · 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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
2. 2.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to check you understood (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.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
5. 5.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.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
17. 17.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
23. 23.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.True or false: this is a correct 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
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
27. 27.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
36. 36.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) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
38. 38.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
39. 39.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) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase

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