Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 196 · 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.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Are eggs round?” (b) “Who laid them?” (c) “Why eggs?” (d) “How many eggs?”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
3. 3.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What’s for lunch?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “How many do I bring?”
5. 5.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write a bit about something.” (a) unclear (b) clear
6. 6.📅 Your friend says, “Come over on Friday.” You are not sure which Friday. You ask… (a) “Can I bring snacks?” (b) “Why Friday?” (c) “Are you sure?” (d) “This Friday or next?”
7. 7.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Which page, please?”
8. 8.True or false: “Is it break time?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Which page, please?”
12. 12.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
13. 13.True or false: “The library trip is on Friday at 10 AM. Bring your library card.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Do you mean Friday?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can we skip it?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Can you show me one?”
17. 17.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Why is this so dull?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
18. 18.🔍 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
19. 19.🏫 The notice says, “Bring the form soon.” What detail is missing? (a) the colour of ink (b) your best friend (c) the school name (d) the exact date
20. 20.True or false: “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Where do we meet?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
23. 23.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
24. 24.🤔 What is a clarifying question? (a) a question to tease (b) a question to stall (c) a test for the teacher (d) a question to understand
25. 25.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What time, exactly?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
26. 26.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) unclear (b) clear
28. 28.True or false: “How many do I bring?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can you show me one?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
30. 30.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) guess the way (b) nod and walk off (c) pretend you got it (d) ask them to repeat it
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Read those pages from that book.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
35. 35.True or false: “Can we skip it?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Can I go home now?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Meet me there later.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Can I go home now?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
39. 39.True or false: “Is it break time?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “What time, exactly?”

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