Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 926 · 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) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) checking the due date (d) guessing what they meant
2. 2.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
3. 3.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to end the talk (d) to check you understood
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
5. 5.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) copying word for word (b) changing the topic (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
6. 6.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) repeating the steps back (c) staying quiet when lost (d) doing it your own way
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
11. 11.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) saying it in your words (c) asking for an example (d) guessing what they meant
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.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pretending you got it (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) nodding without knowing
17. 17.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) writing the task down (c) doing it your own way (d) guessing what they meant
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) repeating the steps back (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) guessing what they meant
20. 20.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
24. 24.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “So you mean…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “I don’t care…”
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
26. 26.🔁 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
27. 27.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
30. 30.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
32. 32.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you got it wrong (c) she is bored (d) you understood her
33. 33.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.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
35. 35.True or false: “pretending you got it” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
37. 37.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) checking the due date
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.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

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