Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 48 · 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? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
2. 2.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
7. 7.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
10. 10.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is bored (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
12. 12.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) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
22. 22.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
23. 23.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
34. 34.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
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) staying quiet when lost
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.True or false: this is a correct 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
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back

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