Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 132 · 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) asks “How do you know?” (b) never asks why (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) listens to both sides
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) clear, fair thinking (d) thinking very fast
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
9. 9.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) asks good questions (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) spots missing facts
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) copies what all do
17. 17.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) changes mind with proof (c) looks for reasons (d) asks good questions
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
20. 20.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
29. 29.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears both sides (c) hears only a friend (d) backs the louder one
31. 31.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) tell everyone

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