Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 209 · 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) checking the due date (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
2. 2.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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: 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
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) saying it louder
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
10. 10.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
12. 12.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.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
20. 20.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
21. 21.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
28. 28.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
31. 31.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.True or false: this is a wrong 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
35. 35.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.👍 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
40. 40.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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