Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 438 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
2. 2.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
3. 3.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
14. 14.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) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
31. 31.📝 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
33. 33.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.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) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 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
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
39. 39.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct 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

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