Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 869 · 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: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
9. 9.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
13. 13.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
16. 16.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.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) False (b) True
19. 19.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
20. 20.🔁 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) asking for an example
22. 22.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “So you mean…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “Stop it…”
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) writing the task down
24. 24.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) doing it your own way
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
28. 28.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) guessing what they meant
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
34. 34.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
35. 35.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) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
39. 39.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) nodding without knowing

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