Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 645 · 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.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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
4. 4.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
5. 5.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) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
10. 10.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
15. 15.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
25. 25.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
32. 32.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
33. 33.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
36. 36.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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