Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 505 · 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.🏫 The notice says, “Bring the form soon.” What detail is missing? (a) the exact date (b) the colour of ink (c) the school name (d) your best friend
2. 2.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Who laid them?” (b) “How many eggs?” (c) “Why eggs?” (d) “Are eggs round?”
3. 3.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What’s for lunch?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
4. 4.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
6. 6.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “What time, exactly?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
8. 8.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “How many do I bring?”
10. 10.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
11. 11.True or false: “Which page, please?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Which page, please?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
13. 13.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Who cares, anyway?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
14. 14.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) clear (b) unclear
15. 15.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) clear (b) unclear
16. 16.True or false: “Can I go home now?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤔 What is a clarifying question? (a) a question to tease (b) a test for the teacher (c) a question to stall (d) a question to understand
18. 18.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the usual place, some day.” (a) unclear (b) clear
19. 19.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
20. 20.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” (a) clear (b) unclear
21. 21.🔍 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
22. 22.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “What’s for lunch?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
23. 23.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Bring the things for the class.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
26. 26.True or false: “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧭 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
28. 28.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Where do we meet?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
29. 29.True or false: “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Do you mean Friday?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
31. 31.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Can I go home now?” (c) “Can we skip it?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
33. 33.True or false: “Do you mean Friday?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “How many do I bring?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Why is this so dull?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Which page, please?”
38. 38.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True

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