Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 873 · 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: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
2. 2.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.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) False (b) True
4. 4.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
5. 5.🤔 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
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) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) hoping for the best (d) doing it your own way
9. 9.🔁 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
11. 11.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
14. 14.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) staying quiet when lost
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
25. 25.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) she is angry (d) you got it wrong
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) repeating the steps back
27. 27.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
32. 32.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
34. 34.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
36. 36.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) True (b) False
37. 37.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
38. 38.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it in your words (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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