Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 288 · 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.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) skip step 3 (d) copy a friend
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
7. 7.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
10. 10.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
12. 12.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Whatever…”
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.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
23. 23.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
27. 27.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
33. 33.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
34. 34.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
35. 35.True or false: this is a correct 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
36. 36.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
38. 38.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.🔁 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

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