Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 937 · 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: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
4. 4.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
5. 5.🔁 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
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.🔁 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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
8. 8.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) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) checking the due date
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
15. 15.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) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
18. 18.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) changing the topic (c) saying it louder (d) copying word for word
19. 19.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) guess step 3 (d) copy a friend
20. 20.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
21. 21.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) asking for an example (c) pretending you got it (d) checking the due date
22. 22.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) writing the task down (c) checking the due date (d) doing it your own way
23. 23.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.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) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to end the talk (c) to make fun of them (d) to check you understood
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.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
31. 31.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) writing the task down
33. 33.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
34. 34.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
36. 36.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is angry (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
37. 37.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) asking for an example
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
40. 40.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) writing the task down

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