Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 380 · 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: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
6. 6.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
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
10. 10.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) saying it louder
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
29. 29.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
36. 36.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct 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
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
39. 39.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong

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