Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 641 · 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) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
2. 2.True or false: this is a correct 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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: this is a wrong 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
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
21. 21.True or false: this is a correct 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
22. 22.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
25. 25.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.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
28. 28.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.👍 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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
35. 35.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
40. 40.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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