Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 807 · 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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
9. 9.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) writing the task down (d) repeating the steps back
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
12. 12.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) False (b) True
13. 13.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.True or false: this is a wrong 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
21. 21.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
22. 22.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
24. 24.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “You felt hurt that I didn’t call back?” (a) False (b) True
25. 25.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
26. 26.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
28. 28.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
29. 29.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) saying it in your words
32. 32.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) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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