Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 836 · 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.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
2. 2.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
3. 3.📝 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
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
12. 12.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) she is angry (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) pretending you got it
21. 21.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
22. 22.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.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) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
28. 28.True or false: “repeating the steps back” 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: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) writing the task down
32. 32.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
33. 33.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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.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) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking

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