Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 43 · 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 of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
4. 4.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.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
13. 13.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
15. 15.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “I don’t care…”
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
21. 21.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
22. 22.📝 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
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.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) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
32. 32.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
36. 36.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
37. 37.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) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
39. 39.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 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

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