Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 911 · 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.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) skip step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) guess step 3
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) staying quiet when lost (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “I don’t care…”
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
8. 8.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
9. 9.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to check you understood (c) to end the talk (d) to make fun of them
11. 11.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) doing it your own way (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) writing the task down (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
17. 17.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) saying it in your words (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) staying quiet when lost
19. 19.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) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.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
24. 24.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) nodding without knowing (c) hoping for the best (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
31. 31.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.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) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 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
34. 34.🔁 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
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
37. 37.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
38. 38.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words

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