Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 396 · 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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
2. 2.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
7. 7.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
8. 8.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
16. 16.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) staying quiet when lost
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
28. 28.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to waste time
29. 29.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
32. 32.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
36. 36.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Whatever…”
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way

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