Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 427 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: this is a wrong 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
8. 8.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🤔 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
29. 29.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) True (b) False
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
34. 34.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.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
36. 36.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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