Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 34 · 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: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
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 of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
9. 9.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
13. 13.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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) saying it in your words
20. 20.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
29. 29.🔁 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
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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
32. 32.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.📝 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
36. 36.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
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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