Paraphrasing Worksheet for Kids

Communication skills lesson 10: Paraphrasing and checking you understood · Set 969 · 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 phrase starts a paraphrase? (a) “Stop it…” (b) “I don’t care…” (c) “Whatever…” (d) “So you mean…”
2. 2.🔁 What is paraphrasing? (a) changing the topic (b) copying word for word (c) saying it louder (d) saying it in your words
3. 3.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: repeating the steps back? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
5. 5.True or false: “doing it your own way” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔁 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 wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
7. 7.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: pretending you got it? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
8. 8.True or false: “writing the task down” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) repeating the steps back (b) writing the task down (c) saying it in your words (d) nodding without knowing
10. 10.👍 Your friend says “Yes, exactly!” after your paraphrase. What does that tell you? (a) she is angry (b) you understood her (c) she is bored (d) you got it wrong
11. 11.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: writing the task down? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
12. 12.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) checking the due date (b) doing it your own way (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
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.🔁 Which of these skips checking? (a) hoping for the best (b) asking “Do you mean…?” (c) repeating the steps back (d) saying it in your words
15. 15.True or false: “doing it your own way” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) asking for an example (c) staying quiet when lost (d) pretending you got it
17. 17.True or false: “repeating the steps back” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: asking “Do you mean…?”? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
19. 19.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: nodding without knowing? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing what they meant (b) checking the due date (c) saying it in your words (d) writing the task down
21. 21.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: doing it your own way? (a) checks understanding (b) skips checking
22. 22.True or false: “checking the due date” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔁 Correct or wrong paraphrase? Friend: “I’m upset because you didn’t call me back.” You: “So you’re fine, then?” (a) a wrong paraphrase (b) a correct paraphrase
25. 25.🤔 Why paraphrase what someone told you? (a) to end the talk (b) to make fun of them (c) to waste time (d) to check you understood
26. 26.🔁 Checks understanding or skips checking: checking the due date? (a) skips checking (b) checks understanding
27. 27.📝 Ma’am gives four steps quickly and you miss step 3. What should you do? (a) ask her to repeat it (b) copy a friend (c) guess step 3 (d) skip step 3
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the due date (b) writing the task down (c) pretending you got it (d) asking “Do you mean…?”
29. 29.True or false: “asking for an example” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “hoping for the best” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: this is a correct 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
32. 32.True or false: “saying it in your words” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.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
34. 34.True or false: “pretending you got it” checks understanding. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) hoping for the best (c) asking for an example (d) pretending you got it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying quiet when lost (b) saying it in your words (c) nodding without knowing (d) doing it your own way
37. 37.True or false: “asking for an example” skips checking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding without knowing (b) saying it in your words (c) repeating the steps back (d) asking for an example
39. 39.🔁 Which of these checks understanding? (a) guessing what they meant (b) writing the task down (c) hoping for the best (d) pretending you got it
40. 40.True or false: “repeating the steps back” checks understanding. (a) True (b) False

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