Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 837 · 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 checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
5. 5.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) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
8. 8.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
10. 10.🔁 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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.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
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
19. 19.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.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) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
31. 31.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
32. 32.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
33. 33.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
35. 35.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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