Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 511 · 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: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
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.🔁 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
5. 5.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
6. 6.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
7. 7.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
12. 12.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
18. 18.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
24. 24.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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
34. 34.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
35. 35.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
39. 39.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example

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