Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 763 · 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) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.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
6. 6.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
8. 8.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
9. 9.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) repeating the steps back
11. 11.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🤔 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
15. 15.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) guessing what they meant
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
28. 28.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
29. 29.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) saying it louder
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
34. 34.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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