Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 203 · 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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
2. 2.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
9. 9.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📝 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
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) she is bored
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
19. 19.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.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) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.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) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: this is a correct 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
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
28. 28.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
34. 34.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
36. 36.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
37. 37.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
38. 38.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words

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