Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 501 · 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: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
6. 6.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.👍 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
11. 11.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
25. 25.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
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 skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
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) False (b) True

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