Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 806 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
9. 9.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.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
13. 13.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
15. 15.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
18. 18.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
20. 20.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
21. 21.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
26. 26.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
31. 31.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
33. 33.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
34. 34.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.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) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing

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