Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 228 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.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
5. 5.📝 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) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
6. 6.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
7. 7.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
14. 14.🤔 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
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.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
20. 20.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
24. 24.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
27. 27.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.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) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.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) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
33. 33.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
38. 38.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant

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