Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 635 · 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: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
3. 3.📣 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
4. 4.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) listens to both sides (d) looks for reasons
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
7. 7.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
14. 14.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
17. 17.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
20. 20.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks good questions (c) thinks before deciding (d) copies what all do
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) shares without checking (d) hears only one side
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) never asks why (d) compares the options
25. 25.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
30. 30.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) shares without checking (d) spots missing facts
32. 32.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) compares the options (d) asks good questions
34. 34.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
36. 36.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) spots missing facts
39. 39.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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