Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 505 · 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: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
4. 4.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks good questions
6. 6.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) plan a holiday (c) tell everyone (d) check with the school
7. 7.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
8. 8.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) hears only a friend (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
14. 14.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to win every fight
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) believes every rumour
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) changes mind with proof (c) asks good questions (d) shares without checking
19. 19.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
20. 20.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) believes every rumour
25. 25.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) checks the facts first (c) never asks why (d) believes every rumour
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
35. 35.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
36. 36.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
39. 39.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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