Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 254 · 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 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
8. 8.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.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
21. 21.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
23. 23.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.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) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
31. 31.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
32. 32.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
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
34. 34.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) skip step 3 (d) copy a friend
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) False (b) True

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