Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 212 · 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: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
6. 6.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) she is angry
7. 7.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
8. 8.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
9. 9.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
23. 23.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.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) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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