Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 271 · 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) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.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) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.👍 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
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
12. 12.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.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
16. 16.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “I don’t care…”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
26. 26.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to check you understood (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
27. 27.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) copy a friend
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
31. 31.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
33. 33.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
35. 35.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase

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