Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 105 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Ask before you guess): Clear: “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” Unclear: “Meet me there later.” — where? when? Clarifying questions ask for the missing detail: “Which page, please?”, “Do you mean Friday?”, “How many do I bring?” Not clarifying: “Can I go home now?”, “What’s for lunch?” — they do not help you understand the task.

1. 1.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
2. 2.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the usual place, some day.” (a) clear (b) unclear
3. 3.True or false: “Which page, please?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) pretend you got it (b) guess the way (c) nod and walk off (d) ask them to repeat it
5. 5.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
6. 6.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Which page, please?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
7. 7.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
8. 8.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring the things for the class.” (a) clear (b) unclear
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
10. 10.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
11. 11.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
12. 12.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Is it break time?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
13. 13.📝 Teacher says, “Do the exercise for homework.” The chapter has three exercises. What do you ask? (a) “Why homework?” (b) “Which one, please?” (c) “Is it easy?” (d) “Can I skip it?”
14. 14.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
15. 15.True or false: “How many do I bring?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
17. 17.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “What’s for lunch?” (c) “What time, exactly?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
19. 19.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “How many do I bring?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
22. 22.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) clear (b) unclear
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can we skip it?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Is it break time?”
24. 24.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) unclear (b) clear
25. 25.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
26. 26.🤔 What is a clarifying question? (a) a test for the teacher (b) a question to tease (c) a question to stall (d) a question to understand
27. 27.True or false: “Which page, please?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “What’s for lunch?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What’s for lunch?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
30. 30.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Is it break time?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
33. 33.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “How many eggs?” (b) “Who laid them?” (c) “Are eggs round?” (d) “Why eggs?”
34. 34.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
35. 35.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
36. 36.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The library trip is on Friday at 10 AM. Bring your library card.” (a) clear (b) unclear
37. 37.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “What time, exactly?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “How many do I bring?”
38. 38.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
40. 40.True or false: “Read those pages from that book.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True

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