Clarifying Questions Worksheet for Kids

Critical thinking lesson 4: Clarifying questions · Set 854 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “How many do I bring?” (b) “What’s for lunch?” (c) “Is it break time?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
3. 3.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Can we skip it?” (b) “Can you show me one?” (c) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Why is this so dull?”
4. 4.📅 Your friend says, “Come over on Friday.” You are not sure which Friday. You ask… (a) “Why Friday?” (b) “Are you sure?” (c) “This Friday or next?” (d) “Can I bring snacks?”
5. 5.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “What time, exactly?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
7. 7.True or false: “Why is this so dull?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Can you show me one?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet at the main gate at 4:30 PM.” (a) unclear (b) clear
10. 10.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” (a) unclear (b) clear
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Is it break time?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Where do we meet?”
12. 12.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” (a) clear (b) unclear
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “Who cares, anyway?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Which page, please?”
14. 14.🥚 Mum says, “Buy some eggs.” What should you ask? (a) “Who laid them?” (b) “How many eggs?” (c) “Are eggs round?” (d) “Why eggs?”
15. 15.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring the things for the class.” (a) clear (b) unclear
16. 16.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “What time, exactly?” (b) “Is it break time?” (c) “What’s for lunch?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
17. 17.True or false: “The match is at the town ground on Sunday at 8 AM.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can we skip it?” (b) “Why is this so dull?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “What’s for lunch?”
19. 19.🙋 Why is it smart to ask when something is unclear? (a) to waste time (b) to annoy people (c) to avoid mistakes (d) to look busy
20. 20.🔍 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
21. 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. 22.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Meet me there later.” (a) clear (b) unclear
23. 23.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
24. 24.📝 Teacher says, “Do the exercise for homework.” The chapter has three exercises. What do you ask? (a) “Is it easy?” (b) “Why homework?” (c) “Which one, please?” (d) “Can I skip it?”
25. 25.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read those pages from that book.” (a) clear (b) unclear
26. 26.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “How many do I bring?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” (a) unclear (b) clear
29. 29.True or false: “Where do we meet?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Write 10 lines about your pet in the blue notebook.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” (a) clear (b) unclear
32. 32.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Where do we meet?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
33. 33.True or false: “Meet me there later.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Who cares, anyway?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
35. 35.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “The match is at the usual place, some day.” (a) clear (b) unclear
36. 36.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) “Can I go home now?” (d) “Can you show me one?”
37. 37.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Do you mean Friday?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
38. 38.True or false: “Read pages 12 to 15 of the science book tonight.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is clear — you can act on it. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Bring two empty bottles for Monday’s craft class.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False

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