Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 617 · 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? 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
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
12. 12.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.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) True (b) False
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 of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
26. 26.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example

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