Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 814 · 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: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
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) “So you mean…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
8. 8.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
12. 12.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
18. 18.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔁 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
31. 31.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
37. 37.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
38. 38.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
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best

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