Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 607 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) plan a holiday
6. 6.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) backs the louder one (d) hears both sides
8. 8.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) believes every rumour (c) thinks before deciding (d) changes mind with proof
11. 11.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
14. 14.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) decides in a hurry (d) thinks before deciding
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
30. 30.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
31. 31.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to make better choices (c) to look clever (d) to win every fight
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) asks good questions (c) thinks before deciding (d) looks for reasons
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
39. 39.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False

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