Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 786 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
7. 7.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
12. 12.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.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
15. 15.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
20. 20.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
22. 22.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
25. 25.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) writing the task down (d) hoping for the best
27. 27.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) guessing what they meant
37. 37.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”

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