Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 345 · 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.📝 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) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🤔 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
9. 9.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
12. 12.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
14. 14.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
16. 16.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
17. 17.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.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
19. 19.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
20. 20.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
21. 21.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
24. 24.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
26. 26.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
35. 35.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant

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