Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 756 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
2. 2.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
16. 16.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
17. 17.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
18. 18.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
22. 22.📝 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
23. 23.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.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
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.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) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True

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