Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 286 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
4. 4.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
13. 13.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
19. 19.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
23. 23.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
24. 24.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
25. 25.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.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
27. 27.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
29. 29.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
39. 39.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
40. 40.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”

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