Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 590 · 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: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
12. 12.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
13. 13.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.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) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.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) False (b) True
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? 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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
32. 32.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) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
40. 40.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to make fun of them

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