Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 886 · 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.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) staying quiet when lost
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
5. 5.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to end the talk
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) pretending you got it
8. 8.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) saying it in your words (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
13. 13.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Whatever…”
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
17. 17.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
20. 20.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) ask her to repeat it (d) skip step 3
21. 21.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) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.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
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) staying quiet when lost
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) staying quiet when lost (c) hoping for the best (d) writing the task down
29. 29.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
31. 31.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
32. 32.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) asking for an example
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) asking for an example (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
37. 37.🔁 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
38. 38.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
39. 39.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
40. 40.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

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