Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 258 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
3. 3.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
11. 11.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (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: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.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
29. 29.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.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
38. 38.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
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.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase

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