Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 273 · 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) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) ask her to repeat it (d) guess step 3
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.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
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
22. 22.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
24. 24.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “I don’t care…”
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.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) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
40. 40.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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