Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 523 · 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: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
3. 3.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
4. 4.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
10. 10.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.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
16. 16.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.👍 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
18. 18.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) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
39. 39.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing

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