Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 771 · 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.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “How many do I bring?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
2. 2.🙋 Why is it smart to ask when something is unclear? (a) to avoid mistakes (b) to look busy (c) to annoy people (d) to waste time
3. 3.True or false: “Is it break time?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Can I go home now?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Who cares, anyway?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
6. 6.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear
7. 7.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
9. 9.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What’s for lunch?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
11. 11.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
12. 12.🔍 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Which page, please?” (c) “Do you mean Friday?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
14. 14.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Is it break time?”
15. 15.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Why is this so dull?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
16. 16.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Can you show me one?” (b) “Do you mean Friday?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Which page, please?”
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Which page, please?”
18. 18.True or false: “Write a bit about something.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.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
20. 20.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Are eggs round?” (b) “Why eggs?” (c) “Who laid them?” (d) “How many eggs?”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Which page, please?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “Why is this so dull?” (d) “Is it break time?”
22. 22.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “Which page, please?” (d) “Do you mean Friday?”
25. 25.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
26. 26.True or false: “What time, exactly?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Who cares, anyway?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
29. 29.🤔 What is a clarifying question? (a) a question to tease (b) a question to understand (c) a question to stall (d) a test for the teacher
30. 30.True or false: “The match is at the usual place, some day.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Bring the things for the class.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Is it break time?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
33. 33.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) unclear (b) clear
34. 34.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” (a) clear (b) unclear
35. 35.🧭 Someone gives you directions too fast. What is best? (a) guess the way (b) pretend you got it (c) nod and walk off (d) ask them to repeat it
36. 36.True or false: “The library trip is on Friday at 10 AM. Bring your library card.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Bring the things for the class.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Can we skip it?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Can I go home now?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “How many do I bring?”

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