Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 382 · 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 skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
4. 4.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
6. 6.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
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.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
19. 19.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.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) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
31. 31.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 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
35. 35.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to make fun of them

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