Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 336 · 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 checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.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) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
16. 16.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
22. 22.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.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
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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