Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 700 · 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: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
9. 9.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
16. 16.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
24. 24.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
25. 25.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
34. 34.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
37. 37.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.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

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