Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 540 · 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.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
7. 7.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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
17. 17.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
18. 18.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
25. 25.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.👍 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
33. 33.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
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.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

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