Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 920 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) checking the due date (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) doing it your own way
3. 3.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) nodding without knowing
8. 8.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
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) True (b) False
10. 10.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you got it wrong (b) she is bored (c) you understood her (d) she is angry
11. 11.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) guessing what they meant
13. 13.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
14. 14.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking for an example
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
21. 21.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) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it louder (b) saying it in your words (c) copying word for word (d) changing the topic
24. 24.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
28. 28.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
29. 29.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) skip step 3 (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
30. 30.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) nodding without knowing (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
32. 32.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
33. 33.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) asking for an example
34. 34.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
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔁 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding

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