Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 577 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🤔 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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
18. 18.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
19. 19.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) guess step 3
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
24. 24.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
28. 28.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words

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