Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 452 · 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: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) hears only a friend (c) backs the louder one (d) walks away
5. 5.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
7. 7.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) check with the school
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) thinks before deciding
10. 10.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
15. 15.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
17. 17.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) trusts any website
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
22. 22.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
30. 30.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) looks for reasons (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
34. 34.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks good questions
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) decides in a hurry (d) compares the options
38. 38.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking

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