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Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 214 · 40 questions
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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?”

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

Answer key

  1. False
  2. skips checking
  3. to check you understood
  4. False
  5. a correct paraphrase
  6. a wrong paraphrase
  7. True
  8. True
  9. guessing what they meant
  10. ask her to repeat it
  11. a correct paraphrase
  12. saying it in your words
  13. saying it in your words
  14. asking “Do you mean…?”
  15. asking for an example
  16. False
  17. a correct paraphrase
  18. True
  19. False
  20. a correct paraphrase
  21. False
  22. skips checking
  23. repeating the steps back
  24. a wrong paraphrase
  25. checks understanding
  26. False
  27. “So you mean…”
  28. a wrong paraphrase
  29. repeating the steps back
  30. checks understanding
  31. checks understanding
  32. staying quiet when lost
  33. asking for an example
  34. nodding without knowing
  35. True
  36. pretending you got it
  37. nodding without knowing
  38. False
  39. hoping for the best
  40. a wrong paraphrase

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