Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 488 · 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.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
12. 12.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (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) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
26. 26.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
32. 32.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) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct 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

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