Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 305 · 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) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) saying it in your words
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
18. 18.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to check you understood (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
22. 22.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) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
25. 25.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost

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