Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 47 · 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 of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Whatever…”
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) skip step 3 (d) copy a friend
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
6. 6.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
8. 8.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
14. 14.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) she is angry
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
25. 25.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) True (b) False
26. 26.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to check you understood (c) to make fun of them (d) to waste time
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
33. 33.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
35. 35.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
40. 40.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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