Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 210 · 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 careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) spots missing facts
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
5. 5.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
7. 7.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) argues anyway (c) hides the fact (d) gets angry
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
9. 9.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
11. 11.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) compares the options (c) spots missing facts (d) listens to both sides
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
17. 17.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) asks good questions (d) compares the options
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
23. 23.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) hears only one side (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
34. 34.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) shares without checking (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”

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