Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 36 · 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: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
5. 5.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
7. 7.🤔 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
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
12. 12.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
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
16. 16.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
23. 23.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.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
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True

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