Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

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

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