Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 538 · 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: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
9. 9.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
10. 10.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
12. 12.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to check you understood (c) to end the talk (d) to waste time
13. 13.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) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
19. 19.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
20. 20.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) 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
25. 25.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
27. 27.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.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) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.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) False (b) True
33. 33.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words

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