Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 712 · 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: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
3. 3.👍 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
4. 4.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
7. 7.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
9. 9.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
10. 10.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) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.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) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) hoping for the best
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
29. 29.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
34. 34.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) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
36. 36.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
38. 38.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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