Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 109 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
4. 4.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) copies what all do
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
14. 14.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) copies what all do (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
20. 20.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) checks the facts first (c) spots missing facts (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
32. 32.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) thinks before deciding
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) looks for reasons (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions

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