Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 369 · 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) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) copies a friend (d) picks the first idea
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
6. 6.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) thinks before deciding
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) shares without checking (d) asks good questions
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) hears only one side (c) shares without checking (d) trusts any website
10. 10.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) tell everyone (c) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) changes mind with proof (d) spots missing facts
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Is it blue?”
20. 20.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “How do you know?”
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) asks good questions (d) never asks why
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) hears only one side (d) never asks why
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) thinks before deciding
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) copies what all do (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) changes mind with proof
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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