Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 803 · 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 wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
4. 4.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
7. 7.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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) pretending you got it
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
16. 16.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
17. 17.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
23. 23.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
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 is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
26. 26.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
28. 28.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
34. 34.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
35. 35.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
39. 39.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.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

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