Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

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

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