Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 399 · 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 checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) she is angry
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
5. 5.🔁 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
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: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.🔁 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
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) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
21. 21.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “I don’t care…”
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
38. 38.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
40. 40.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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