Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 961 · 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.🔁 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
2. 2.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) writing the task down (b) repeating the steps back (c) checking the due date (d) staying quiet when lost
3. 3.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) pretending you got it (c) doing it your own way (d) repeating the steps back
4. 4.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
6. 6.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
7. 7.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) she is bored (c) you got it wrong (d) you understood her
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: staying quiet when lost? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) checking the due date (c) doing it your own way (d) hoping for the best
11. 11.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) saying it in your words (b) asking for an example (c) nodding without knowing (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
12. 12.💬 Which phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “I don’t care…” (b) “Whatever…” (c) “So you mean…” (d) “Stop it…”
13. 13.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) asking for an example (b) repeating the steps back (c) saying it in your words (d) hoping for the best
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) checking the due date (c) guessing what they meant (d) repeating the steps back
15. 15.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) saying it in your words (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) changing the topic
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the steps back (b) guessing what they meant (c) hoping for the best (d) staying quiet when lost
20. 20.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Mum: “Buy one packet of milk and six eggs.” You: “Six milk packets, right?” (a) True (b) False
21. 21.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) False (b) True
22. 22.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) nodding without knowing (b) doing it your own way (c) writing the task down (d) pretending you got it
23. 23.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
24. 24.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) nodding without knowing (c) checking the due date (d) hoping for the best
25. 25.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: hoping for the best? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing the task down (b) pretending you got it (c) asking “Do you mean…?” (d) repeating the steps back
27. 27.True or false: “asking “Do you mean…?”” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) repeating the steps back
29. 29.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) pretending you got it (b) doing it your own way (c) nodding without knowing (d) saying it in your words
30. 30.True or false: “staying quiet when lost” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: this is a wrong paraphrase. Sir: “Read pages 10 to 15.” You: “Pages 50 to 51?” (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) doing it your own way (c) pretending you got it (d) asking for an example
33. 33.True or false: “checking the due date” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking “Do you mean…?” (b) pretending you got it (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
36. 36.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking for an example? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
37. 37.True or false: “nodding without knowing” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.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
39. 39.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) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) False (b) True

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