Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 46 · 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.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
10. 10.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
11. 11.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
18. 18.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
19. 19.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.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
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
29. 29.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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
33. 33.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words

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