Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 216 · 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: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
3. 3.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.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) True (b) False
8. 8.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
9. 9.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
11. 11.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
12. 12.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
23. 23.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.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
31. 31.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
33. 33.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) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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