Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 805 · 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. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
4. 4.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
10. 10.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
12. 12.🔁 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
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
15. 15.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) she is bored
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
17. 17.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.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
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
28. 28.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
30. 30.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.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
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) saying it in your words
33. 33.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.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) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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