Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 551 · 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: 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) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to waste time
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
18. 18.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) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
24. 24.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
25. 25.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “nodding without knowing” 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.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
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.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
36. 36.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
39. 39.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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