Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 257 · 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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
3. 3.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
13. 13.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) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
16. 16.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
18. 18.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
28. 28.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
31. 31.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.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) False (b) True

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