Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 701 · 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 phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
2. 2.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) she is bored
8. 8.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.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
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
16. 16.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.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
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🤔 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
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.True or false: this is a correct 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
26. 26.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
37. 37.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost

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