Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 877 · 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: 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
3. 3.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to end the talk (c) to check you understood (d) to waste time
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) doing it your own way (c) checking the due date (d) repeating the steps back
6. 6.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it louder (c) copying word for word (d) saying it in your words
7. 7.🔁 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
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking for an example (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
19. 19.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) nodding without knowing
21. 21.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) skip step 3 (c) ask her to repeat it (d) copy a friend
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
25. 25.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
27. 27.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
28. 28.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
29. 29.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.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) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
32. 32.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file and two pencils on Monday.” You: “So, art file and two pencils on Monday?” (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.👍 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
36. 36.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 AM, big ground — got it.” (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking for an example (d) checking the due date
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) writing the task down
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it

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