Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 489 · 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 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
7. 7.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
17. 17.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
18. 18.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
19. 19.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
25. 25.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
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) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.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
38. 38.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost

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