Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 420 · 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: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
3. 3.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
4. 4.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
8. 8.🔁 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
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) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to check you understood (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
23. 23.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
26. 26.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
31. 31.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
34. 34.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
39. 39.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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