Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 440 · 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) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
9. 9.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
15. 15.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
21. 21.👍 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
34. 34.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
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) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 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

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