Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

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

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