Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 680 · 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.📝 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) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
2. 2.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
3. 3.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) staying quiet when lost
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
18. 18.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.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
26. 26.🤔 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
27. 27.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (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: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
40. 40.🔁 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

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