Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 242 · 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.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
2. 2.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) hides the fact (c) gets angry (d) argues anyway
3. 3.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) looks for reasons
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) listens to both sides
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) ignores the facts (d) looks for reasons
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
9. 9.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) changes mind with proof (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) ignores the facts
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) hears only one side
16. 16.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
18. 18.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) compares the options
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) trusts any website (d) thinks before deciding
26. 26.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
31. 31.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
36. 36.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
39. 39.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
40. 40.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True

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