Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 603 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears both sides (c) walks away (d) hears only a friend
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) looks for reasons
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) looks for reasons (c) trusts any website (d) compares the options
9. 9.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) trusts any website
12. 12.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) clear, fair thinking (d) believing all you hear
15. 15.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
16. 16.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) check with the school (c) plan a holiday (d) tell everyone
17. 17.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) changes mind with proof
22. 22.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking
26. 26.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
28. 28.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) gets angry
34. 34.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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