Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 491 · 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: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.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
3. 3.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) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
17. 17.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
22. 22.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.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) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.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
26. 26.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
35. 35.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
36. 36.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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