Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 411 · 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 wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
4. 4.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
6. 6.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
12. 12.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
13. 13.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
14. 14.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
23. 23.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
25. 25.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
35. 35.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.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) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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