Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 248 · 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: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.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
4. 4.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
9. 9.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
11. 11.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
14. 14.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
15. 15.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
20. 20.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
21. 21.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
26. 26.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) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.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
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.True or false: this is a wrong 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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
35. 35.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.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

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