Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 960 · 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 correct paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤔 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
3. 3.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) skip step 3 (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) ask her to repeat it
4. 4.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) writing the task down (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) nodding without knowing
5. 5.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “One milk packet and six eggs, right?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
6. 6.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) changing the topic (c) saying it louder (d) copying word for word
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) hoping for the best (c) pretending you got it (d) saying it in your words
8. 8.True or false: “guessing what they meant” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
12. 12.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
13. 13.True or false: “writing the task down” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.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) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 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
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
20. 20.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) hoping for the best (c) saying it in your words (d) doing it your own way
21. 21.True or false: “hoping for the best” skips checking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
24. 24.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
25. 25.👍 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
26. 26.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) asking for an example (d) staying quiet when lost
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for an example (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) repeating the steps back
28. 28.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) pretending you got it (c) asking for an example (d) hoping for the best
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) guessing what they meant (c) doing it your own way (d) nodding without knowing
31. 31.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: saying it in your words? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) writing the task down
37. 37.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
38. 38.🔁 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hoping for the best (b) pretending you got it (c) repeating the steps back (d) nodding without knowing
40. 40.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) False (b) True

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