Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 547 · 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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to waste time
5. 5.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
13. 13.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) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
24. 24.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) she is angry
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
31. 31.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
33. 33.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
34. 34.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
35. 35.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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