Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 28 · 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 of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
8. 8.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
11. 11.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
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.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) True (b) False
18. 18.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) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
23. 23.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
25. 25.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
30. 30.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
36. 36.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
38. 38.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True

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