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Paraphrase What You Heard is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on choosing the paraphrase that keeps what a speaker meant, aligned to Common Core standard SL.4.2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Paraphrase What You Heard

SL.4.2

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Circle the right answer.

1.A speaker says: "Most of the rain falls in just three months of the year." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.It rains the same amount all year.
  • B.It never rains for three months.
  • C.Most of the year's rain comes in a short season.
2.A speaker says: "The museum is closed on Mondays but open late on Fridays." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.The museum is open every day.
  • B.You cannot visit on Monday, but you can stay late on Friday.
  • C.The museum closes early on Friday.
3.A speaker says: "Bees carry pollen between flowers, and without them many fruits would never form." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Bees make fruit taste sweet.
  • B.Flowers grow fruit without any help.
  • C.Many fruits only grow because bees move pollen.
4.A speaker says: "Only one in ten of the seeds we planted came up, because the soil was too dry." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Most of the seeds grew well.
  • B.Dry soil meant few of the seeds grew.
  • C.The soil was too wet for the seeds.
5.A speaker says: "If we leave now, we will miss the worst of the traffic." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Leaving now means we avoid most of the traffic.
  • B.We should wait for the traffic to get worse.
  • C.There is no traffic today.
6.A speaker says: "The bridge cut the journey from two hours to fifteen minutes." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.The bridge took two hours to build.
  • B.The journey became longer.
  • C.The bridge made the trip much quicker.
7.A speaker says: "Fleming spotted the mold by luck, but it took others years to make it useful." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.The find was lucky, but others worked for years to make a medicine.
  • B.Fleming made the medicine by himself.
  • C.Nobody ever used the mold.
8.A speaker says: "Please keep the lab door shut, or the mice may escape." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Shut the door so the mice cannot get out.
  • B.Leave the door open for the mice.
  • C.The mice have already escaped.

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Answer key — Paraphrase What You Heard

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Most of the year's rain comes in a short season.
  2. 2.You cannot visit on Monday, but you can stay late on Friday.
  3. 3.Many fruits only grow because bees move pollen.
  4. 4.Dry soil meant few of the seeds grew.
  5. 5.Leaving now means we avoid most of the traffic.
  6. 6.The bridge made the trip much quicker.
  7. 7.The find was lucky, but others worked for years to make a medicine.
  8. 8.Shut the door so the mice cannot get out.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.4.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.