Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 68 · 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: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.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
3. 3.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤔 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
5. 5.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
8. 8.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
9. 9.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
14. 14.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.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) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) saying it in your words
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
34. 34.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.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
40. 40.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) copy a friend

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