Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 419 · 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 phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
3. 3.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
7. 7.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
11. 11.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
16. 16.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
17. 17.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.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
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
33. 33.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
34. 34.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) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
39. 39.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False

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