Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 827 · 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 wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) doing it your own way
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) copy a friend
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.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) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.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) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) you got it wrong
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
34. 34.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
38. 38.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best

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