Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 6 · 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) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
14. 14.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
16. 16.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
21. 21.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
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.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
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
30. 30.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
31. 31.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to check you understood (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
37. 37.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True

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