Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 808 · 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: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.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
7. 7.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
8. 8.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
11. 11.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) False (b) True
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: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
19. 19.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
20. 20.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) saying it louder (d) copying word for word
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
24. 24.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
26. 26.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.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) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
31. 31.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
34. 34.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
35. 35.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) writing the task down (d) saying it in your words
39. 39.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost

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