Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 723 · 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: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
4. 4.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.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) True (b) False
8. 8.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.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
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
17. 17.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
20. 20.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) writing the task down
22. 22.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
23. 23.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
33. 33.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
36. 36.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
38. 38.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (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) True (b) False

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