Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 781 · 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.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
2. 2.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
3. 3.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) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
6. 6.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
7. 7.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) saying it in your words
9. 9.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) pretending you got it
15. 15.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.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) True (b) False
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
23. 23.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
34. 34.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
35. 35.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) guessing what they meant
38. 38.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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