Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 707 · 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 of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
6. 6.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
21. 21.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
26. 26.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
27. 27.True or false: this is a correct 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤔 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.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
38. 38.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”

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