Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 351 · 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) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.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) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.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) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
15. 15.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) False (b) True
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
21. 21.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
27. 27.👍 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
28. 28.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
29. 29.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.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
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
35. 35.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words

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