Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 660 · 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 of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) compares the options
2. 2.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
3. 3.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) hears only one side (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
9. 9.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) plan a holiday
12. 12.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
13. 13.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
24. 24.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) thinks before deciding (d) copies what all do
26. 26.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) copies a friend
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
28. 28.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) hides the fact (c) argues anyway (d) changes their mind
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
40. 40.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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