Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 83 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
4. 4.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.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
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) checking the due date
14. 14.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
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.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
27. 27.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
35. 35.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) copying word for word
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
38. 38.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
40. 40.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False

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