Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 108 · 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 not a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “How many do I bring?”
2. 2.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “What’s for lunch?”
3. 3.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” (a) unclear (b) clear
4. 4.True or false: “Why is this so dull?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can we skip it?” (b) “Can I go home now?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
6. 6.True or false: “Do you mean Friday?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “What’s for lunch?” (c) “Do you mean Friday?” (d) “How many do I bring?”
8. 8.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) unclear (b) clear
9. 9.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read those pages from that book.” (a) unclear (b) clear
10. 10.📝 Teacher says, “Do the exercise for homework.” The chapter has three exercises. What do you ask? (a) “Can I skip it?” (b) “Why homework?” (c) “Which one, please?” (d) “Is it easy?”
11. 11.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “Who cares, anyway?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
12. 12.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can you show me one?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
13. 13.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “What’s for lunch?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Can you show me one?”
14. 14.True or false: “The library trip is on Friday at 10 AM. Bring your library card.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Why eggs?” (b) “How many eggs?” (c) “Who laid them?” (d) “Are eggs round?”
16. 16.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
18. 18.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Which page, please?”
20. 20.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Can you show me one?”
22. 22.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What time, exactly?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
24. 24.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Why is this so dull?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
25. 25.True or false: “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Can I go home now?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “The match is at the usual place, some day.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Is it break time?”
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Where do we meet?” (d) “Which page, please?”
30. 30.True or false: “The match is at the usual place, some day.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Is it break time?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “What’s for lunch?”
33. 33.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) guess the way (b) pretend you got it (c) ask them to repeat it (d) nod and walk off
34. 34.True or false: “What time, exactly?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Do you mean Friday?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
37. 37.True or false: “Write a bit about something.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What’s for lunch?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
39. 39.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False

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