Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 568 · 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. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
2. 2.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
3. 3.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
6. 6.📝 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
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
10. 10.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
12. 12.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
13. 13.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
14. 14.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
17. 17.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔁 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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
31. 31.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
39. 39.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 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

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