Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 728 · 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.🔁 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
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.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) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
6. 6.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
12. 12.📝 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) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) doing it your own way
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
20. 20.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
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
25. 25.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
34. 34.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.👍 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
38. 38.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
39. 39.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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