Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 633 · 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? 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
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
3. 3.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.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) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
9. 9.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) staying quiet when lost
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.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) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.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) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
27. 27.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
29. 29.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
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.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
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True

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