Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 89 · 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 phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
2. 2.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) skip step 3 (d) guess step 3
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) staying quiet when lost (c) checking the due date (d) asking for an example
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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) True (b) False
9. 9.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) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) staying quiet when lost (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
14. 14.🔁 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) repeating the steps back (d) hoping for the best
16. 16.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back
17. 17.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) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) writing the task down (d) staying quiet when lost
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) you understood her (d) she is bored
28. 28.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) hoping for the best (c) guessing what they meant (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
31. 31.🔁 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
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
36. 36.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
37. 37.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to check you understood (b) to waste time (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
38. 38.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) nodding without knowing (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) saying it in your words

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