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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: "The team lost the match, yet the coach said she had never been prouder." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.The team won, so the coach was proud.
  • B.Even though they lost, the coach was very proud.
  • C.The coach was angry about the loss.
2.A speaker says: "Coral is not a plant; it is made of tiny animals." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Coral is made only of rock.
  • B.Coral is a kind of seaweed.
  • C.Coral is really animals, not a plant.
3.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.
4.A speaker says: "Wolves did not just eat elk; they changed where the elk chose to graze." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.The wolves changed where elk fed, not only how many there were.
  • B.The wolves ate all the elk.
  • C.The elk ate the wolves' food.
5.A speaker says: "Please keep the lab door shut, or the mice may escape." Which is the best paraphrase?
  • A.Leave the door open for the mice.
  • B.The mice have already escaped.
  • C.Shut the door so the mice cannot get out.
6.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.
7.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.There is no traffic today.
  • C.We should wait for the traffic to get worse.
8.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 bridge made the trip much quicker.
  • C.The journey became longer.

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Answer key — Paraphrase What You Heard

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Even though they lost, the coach was very proud.
  2. 2.Coral is really animals, not a plant.
  3. 3.Dry soil meant few of the seeds grew.
  4. 4.The wolves changed where elk fed, not only how many there were.
  5. 5.Shut the door so the mice cannot get out.
  6. 6.Many fruits only grow because bees move pollen.
  7. 7.Leaving now means we avoid most of the traffic.
  8. 8.The bridge made the trip much quicker.

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