Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 260 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
7. 7.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.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) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
22. 22.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
35. 35.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) True (b) False
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.True or false: this is a correct 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
40. 40.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to make fun of them

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