Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 451 · 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: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
6. 6.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
12. 12.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
13. 13.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
22. 22.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) False (b) True
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
26. 26.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
27. 27.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
29. 29.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
36. 36.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.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) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 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

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