Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 518 · 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) tell everyone (d) believe it at once
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) copies what all do (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) looks for reasons (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
14. 14.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) shares without checking
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) thinks before deciding (d) trusts any website
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) believes every rumour
22. 22.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
27. 27.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
30. 30.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) ignores the facts (c) hears only one side (d) trusts any website
33. 33.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) never asks why (d) compares the options
39. 39.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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