Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 483 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
7. 7.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
12. 12.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.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) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.👍 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
22. 22.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
24. 24.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
26. 26.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) True (b) False
27. 27.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to waste time
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
32. 32.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost

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