Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 530 · 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.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
5. 5.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
6. 6.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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.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
10. 10.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
25. 25.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
30. 30.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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.🔁 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
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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