Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 946 · 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.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to waste time (b) to make fun of them (c) to check you understood (d) to end the talk
2. 2.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) saying it in your words (c) saying it louder (d) copying word for word
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
5. 5.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) nodding without knowing (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) checking the due date
6. 6.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) saying it in your words (c) staying quiet when lost (d) checking the due date
8. 8.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) you understood her (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
9. 9.True or false: “guessing what they meant” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
13. 13.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
14. 14.True or false: “nodding without knowing” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) guess step 3 (b) ask her to repeat it (c) copy a friend (d) skip step 3
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
18. 18.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15 and answer Q1 and Q2.” You: “Pages 10 to 15, then Q1 and Q2?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
22. 22.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) guessing what they meant (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
25. 25.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
27. 27.🔁 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
28. 28.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
30. 30.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Whatever…” (b) “Stop it…” (c) “I don’t care…” (d) “So you mean…”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking for an example
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) writing the task down (d) nodding without knowing
33. 33.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
34. 34.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
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.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) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) guessing what they meant (d) doing it your own way
38. 38.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) asking for an example (d) repeating the steps back

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