Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 777 · 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) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
2. 2.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) changing the topic (c) saying it in your words (d) copying word for word
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.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
7. 7.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.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) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
12. 12.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) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
19. 19.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
25. 25.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
26. 26.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) guess step 3
30. 30.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.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
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant

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