Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 323 · 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: 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
9. 9.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
10. 10.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.👍 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📝 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
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
40. 40.True or false: this is a wrong 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

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