Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 23 · 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: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.📝 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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: this is a correct 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
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
11. 11.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
12. 12.🤔 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
13. 13.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
14. 14.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) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
18. 18.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
22. 22.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
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.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
28. 28.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
29. 29.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
34. 34.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) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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