Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 63 · 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.🤔 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
9. 9.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) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
14. 14.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
18. 18.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
23. 23.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.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) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
26. 26.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
34. 34.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
36. 36.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
37. 37.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
39. 39.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
40. 40.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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