Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 220 · 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: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
3. 3.👍 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
4. 4.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
7. 7.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.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
10. 10.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
13. 13.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
14. 14.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
15. 15.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
21. 21.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
24. 24.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
32. 32.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
34. 34.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True

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