Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 908 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) saying it louder (c) changing the topic (d) saying it in your words
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) hoping for the best (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
9. 9.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
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.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
12. 12.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) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
14. 14.📝 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
16. 16.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 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
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
21. 21.👍 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
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) hoping for the best (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 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
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) writing the task down (d) checking the due date
28. 28.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) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
30. 30.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to check you understood (c) to make fun of them (d) to end the talk
33. 33.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.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) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) repeating the steps back (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) asking for an example
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) asking for an example (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) hoping for the best
40. 40.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True

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