Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 943 · 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) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) saying it in your words
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
6. 6.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) writing the task down
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) doing it your own way (c) staying quiet when lost (d) asking for an example
8. 8.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
9. 9.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) nodding without knowing (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
11. 11.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) saying it in your words (d) pretending you got it
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 correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
14. 14.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
15. 15.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) copy a friend (b) ask her to repeat it (c) skip step 3 (d) guess step 3
17. 17.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you got it wrong (c) she is angry (d) you understood her
18. 18.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) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) doing it your own way (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
20. 20.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) doing it your own way (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: guessing what they meant? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to make fun of them (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.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
25. 25.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) hoping for the best (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
26. 26.True or false: this is a wrong 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
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) doing it your own way (b) repeating the steps back (c) guessing what they meant (d) hoping for the best
29. 29.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) asking for an example (c) saying it in your words (d) staying quiet when lost
30. 30.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) nodding without knowing (d) checking the due date
32. 32.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) checking the due date (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
33. 33.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing it your own way (b) guessing what they meant (c) staying quiet when lost (d) repeating the steps back
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) writing the task down
37. 37.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
39. 39.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True

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