Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 852 · 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: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
6. 6.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) guessing what they meant
7. 7.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
9. 9.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) guessing what they meant (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
14. 14.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
15. 15.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
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) hoping for the best
17. 17.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to check you understood (c) to waste time (d) to make fun of them
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.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
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
23. 23.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
24. 24.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
32. 32.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) changing the topic (d) saying it louder
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “Stop it…”
35. 35.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) doing it your own way
36. 36.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) she is angry

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