Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 714 · 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: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
3. 3.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
7. 7.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
9. 9.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
10. 10.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.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
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
13. 13.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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
15. 15.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.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) False (b) True
20. 20.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
21. 21.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
23. 23.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
27. 27.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) saying it louder
28. 28.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.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

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