Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 554 · 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 phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
2. 2.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
13. 13.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) copy a friend
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.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) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
22. 22.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤔 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
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
33. 33.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
37. 37.👍 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
38. 38.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
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 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

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