Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 674 · 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) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.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) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.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) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
13. 13.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
14. 14.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) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
23. 23.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.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) False (b) True
28. 28.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
29. 29.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) guess step 3
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
35. 35.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
36. 36.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.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

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