Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 841 · 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.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) copying word for word (c) saying it in your words (d) changing the topic
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
6. 6.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
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.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
10. 10.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) saying it in your words
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.👍 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
21. 21.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
27. 27.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
28. 28.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
30. 30.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) False (b) True
32. 32.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) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) writing the task down (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.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
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

Free communication skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/communication-skills-for-students