Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 580 · 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 of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) staying quiet when lost
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
9. 9.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.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) False (b) True
11. 11.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Whatever…”
12. 12.True or false: this is a wrong 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
13. 13.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.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
18. 18.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) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
28. 28.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
32. 32.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
35. 35.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
38. 38.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.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) True (b) False

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