Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 392 · 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) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
4. 4.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) False (b) True
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) True (b) False
6. 6.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
7. 7.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) saying it louder
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
15. 15.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.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) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
29. 29.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
36. 36.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
37. 37.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
38. 38.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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