Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 262 · 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 we skip it?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
2. 2.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write a bit about something.” (a) clear (b) unclear
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
4. 4.True or false: “Is it break time?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “How many eggs?” (b) “Who laid them?” (c) “Why eggs?” (d) “Are eggs round?”
6. 6.🤔 What is a clarifying question? (a) a test for the teacher (b) a question to stall (c) a question to understand (d) a question to tease
7. 7.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Why is this so dull?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
8. 8.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Where do we meet?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
9. 9.True or false: “Why is this so dull?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring the things for the class.” (a) clear (b) unclear
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Who cares, anyway?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
12. 12.True or false: “Can we skip it?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What’s for lunch?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
14. 14.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
15. 15.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
16. 16.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
17. 17.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What time, exactly?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
18. 18.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet me there later.” (a) clear (b) unclear
20. 20.True or false: “What’s for lunch?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
22. 22.True or false: “Read those pages from that book.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Is it break time?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
24. 24.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the usual place, some day.” (a) unclear (b) clear
25. 25.📅 Your friend says, “Come over on Friday.” You are not sure which Friday. You ask… (a) “This Friday or next?” (b) “Are you sure?” (c) “Why Friday?” (d) “Can I bring snacks?”
26. 26.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “What time, exactly?” (d) “Is it break time?”
27. 27.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
28. 28.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) clear (b) unclear
29. 29.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “What’s for lunch?” (b) “Can I go home now?” (c) “Do you mean Friday?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
30. 30.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
31. 31.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Who cares, anyway?” (d) “Is it break time?”
32. 32.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) ask them to repeat it (b) pretend you got it (c) nod and walk off (d) guess the way
33. 33.🏫 The notice says, “Bring the form soon.” What detail is missing? (a) the exact date (b) the school name (c) your best friend (d) the colour of ink
34. 34.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can you show me one?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
35. 35.True or false: “Which page, please?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📝 Teacher says, “Do the exercise for homework.” The chapter has three exercises. What do you ask? (a) “Which one, please?” (b) “Is it easy?” (c) “Can I skip it?” (d) “Why homework?”
37. 37.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear
38. 38.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Where do we meet?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
39. 39.True or false: “How many do I bring?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True

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