Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

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

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