Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 395 · 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.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
2. 2.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
4. 4.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
6. 6.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
10. 10.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
13. 13.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.📝 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) skip step 3 (d) guess step 3
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
25. 25.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
26. 26.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
27. 27.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
32. 32.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
35. 35.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
36. 36.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing

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