Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 671 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
10. 10.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
13. 13.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
19. 19.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
20. 20.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) saying it louder (d) copying word for word
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
23. 23.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to end the talk (d) to waste time
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.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase

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