Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 495 · 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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
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.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
28. 28.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
33. 33.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
34. 34.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
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”

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