Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 297 · 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
2. 2.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
12. 12.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) saying it louder
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
20. 20.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
23. 23.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
24. 24.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
25. 25.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
26. 26.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
31. 31.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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