Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 171 · 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: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.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) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
6. 6.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
7. 7.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.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) False (b) True
17. 17.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
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) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
26. 26.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) guess step 3
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
34. 34.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
38. 38.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.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

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