Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 180 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
5. 5.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
7. 7.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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
14. 14.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.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) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to check you understood (c) to make fun of them (d) to waste time
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
25. 25.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) changing the topic
28. 28.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
32. 32.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.🔁 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
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
37. 37.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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