Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 301 · 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? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
2. 2.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
5. 5.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) she is bored
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
16. 16.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
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: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) changing the topic
20. 20.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) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
27. 27.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.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) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False

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