Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 565 · 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: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.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
9. 9.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
19. 19.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
20. 20.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
23. 23.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
24. 24.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.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) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
29. 29.👍 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
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.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

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