Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 958 · 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.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
2. 2.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to waste time (c) to check you understood (d) to make fun of them
5. 5.🔁 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…?”
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “Stop it…” (d) “So you mean…”
10. 10.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
13. 13.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
14. 14.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
15. 15.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Ma’am: “Bring your art file on Monday.” You: “So, art file on Tuesday?” (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
18. 18.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) guess step 3 (c) copy a friend (d) ask her to repeat it
19. 19.🔁 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
20. 20.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Coach: “Practice is at 7 AM at the big ground.” You: “7 PM at the small ground?” (a) a correct paraphrase (b) a wrong paraphrase
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) saying it in your words (c) doing it your own way (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
22. 22.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
23. 23.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) staying quiet when lost (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
24. 24.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
25. 25.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “saying it in your words” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) guessing what they meant (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
30. 30.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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.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) False (b) True
34. 34.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is bored (b) you understood her (c) you got it wrong (d) she is angry
35. 35.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) guessing what they meant
37. 37.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: this is a correct paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
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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