Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 444 · 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: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
5. 5.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.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
9. 9.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
18. 18.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
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.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
34. 34.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) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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