Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 738 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.📝 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
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 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
12. 12.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) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
19. 19.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.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) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
24. 24.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
31. 31.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
32. 32.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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
34. 34.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
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
40. 40.🔁 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

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