Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 237 · 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.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
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
3. 3.🔁 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
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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
11. 11.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
14. 14.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
17. 17.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
21. 21.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
22. 22.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.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
26. 26.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
28. 28.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
37. 37.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
38. 38.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤔 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
40. 40.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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