Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 844 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
6. 6.📝 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
7. 7.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) checking the due date
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “Whatever…”
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
12. 12.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
13. 13.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
28. 28.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
30. 30.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
34. 34.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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
36. 36.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
37. 37.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
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.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

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