Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 118 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) compares the options
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
6. 6.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) hides the fact (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
7. 7.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) backs the louder one (d) walks away
8. 8.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to look clever (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) clear, fair thinking (c) believing all you hear (d) thinking very fast
15. 15.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) ignores the facts (c) shares without checking (d) spots missing facts
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
20. 20.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
23. 23.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
24. 24.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) never asks why (c) asks good questions (d) listens to both sides
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) never asks why (c) spots missing facts (d) copies what all do
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) compares the options (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) decides in a hurry (c) never asks why (d) believes every rumour

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