Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 685 · 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 “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) copy a friend
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
5. 5.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
10. 10.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
14. 14.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
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.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
20. 20.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) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
24. 24.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) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
32. 32.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
33. 33.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
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
36. 36.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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