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