Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 85 · 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.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
5. 5.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
6. 6.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) guess step 3 (c) skip step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
7. 7.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
8. 8.👍 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
10. 10.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 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
14. 14.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
15. 15.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
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.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) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 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
30. 30.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “I don’t care…”
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
37. 37.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) nodding without knowing
39. 39.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking “Do you mean…?”

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