Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 195 · 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) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
7. 7.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
8. 8.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
10. 10.🤔 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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
17. 17.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
29. 29.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
30. 30.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
34. 34.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
38. 38.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase

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