Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 833 · 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 skips checking? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
3. 3.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
5. 5.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) True (b) False
6. 6.👍 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
7. 7.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
16. 16.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) checking the due date
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🤔 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
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) hoping for the best
23. 23.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
25. 25.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
26. 26.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
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
29. 29.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
32. 32.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
34. 34.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
36. 36.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.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) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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