Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 34 · 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.🛒 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?”
2. 2.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) backs the louder one (c) hears only a friend (d) hears both sides
3. 3.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) thinks before deciding (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) changes mind with proof (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
8. 8.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
10. 10.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) believes every rumour (c) thinks before deciding (d) changes mind with proof
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
16. 16.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
17. 17.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) believing all you hear (d) clear, fair thinking
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
24. 24.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
26. 26.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) changes mind with proof
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) changes mind with proof (d) checks the facts first
32. 32.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) thinks before deciding (c) changes mind with proof (d) compares the options
37. 37.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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