Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 266 · 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) “Is it break time?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
2. 2.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Why eggs?” (b) “Who laid them?” (c) “How many eggs?” (d) “Are eggs round?”
3. 3.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What time, exactly?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
4. 4.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
5. 5.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Where do we meet?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
6. 6.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
7. 7.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” (a) clear (b) unclear
10. 10.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Which page, please?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
11. 11.True or false: “Do you mean Friday?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet me there later.” (a) clear (b) unclear
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
14. 14.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Can we skip it?”
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
16. 16.True or false: “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📝 Teacher says, “Do the exercise for homework.” The chapter has three exercises. What do you ask? (a) “Which one, please?” (b) “Can I skip it?” (c) “Is it easy?” (d) “Why homework?”
18. 18.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Where do we meet?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Who cares, anyway?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
19. 19.True or false: “Which page, please?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “What’s for lunch?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤔 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
22. 22.True or false: “Write a bit about something.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “What time, exactly?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Read those pages from that book.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Is it break time?”
28. 28.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) nod and walk off (b) pretend you got it (c) ask them to repeat it (d) guess the way
29. 29.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
30. 30.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can you show me one?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Where do we meet?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
32. 32.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) clear (b) unclear
33. 33.True or false: “Why is this so dull?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the usual place, some day.” (a) clear (b) unclear
35. 35.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
37. 37.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “How many do I bring?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
39. 39.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” (a) unclear (b) clear
40. 40.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear

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