Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 424 · 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” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📝 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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.👍 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
7. 7.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (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.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
18. 18.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Whatever…”
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.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) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
24. 24.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
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.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to check you understood (c) to make fun of them (d) to waste time
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase

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